The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) formal regulation of food packaging began in 1958 with the Food Additives Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Since that time, the FDA has employed various...more
In a development that is expected to complicate many litigation challenges alleging that the presence of low levels of microplastics in food is inherently unsafe, officials from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or...more
Many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies’ contract with other companies to manufacture goods sold under the CPG companies’ label or brand. These arrangements are called “co-manufacturing” or “contract manufacturing.”...more
Longtime efforts by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to amend the so-called “short-form” safe harbor warnings for California’s Proposition 65 appear to be nearing completion. On 13 June...more
7/1/2024
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In anticipation of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, this alert provides an overview of the agency’s most recent priorities as outlined in FDA’s FY 2024 budget, found here....more
1/26/2024
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