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Cultivated Meat Snapshot: Recent Federal and State Actions

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At both the federal and state levels, 2025 has seen new developments for cell-cultured meat. Here we provide an overview of cell-cultured meat (also known as cultivated meat) and these recent regulatory developments....more

DLA Piper

Food and Beverage News and Trends - September 2024 #2

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This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape....more

Alston & Bird

FDA Seeks to Reform Approach to Regulation of Ingredients Used in Animal Food

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With the memorandum of understanding between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Animal Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) set to expire, the FDA is proposing an alternative path to market for the...more

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FDA Proposes Restructuring of Its Regulatory Oversight of Human Food

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf on Jan. 31, 2023, announced a proposed restructuring of the agency's Human Foods Program in an effort to improve coordination among the FDA offices. These...more

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FDA issues final guidance on oversight of food covered by Systems Recognition Arrangements

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This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final guidance concerning regulatory oversight of food imported from Systems Recognition Arrangement (SRA) countries. FDA employs a Systems Recognition (SR)...more

Brooks Pierce

What is Hemp? Is It Even Legal?

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Hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) products are dominating the airwaves and the marketplace, and North Carolina has been at the forefront, ranking sixth in the nation in acres of hemp produced in 2018. Many predict that the market...more

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CBD is Everywhere – But Where Does the FDA Stand?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: CBD is “thriving” in the current regulatory environment, but is it doing so illegally? As former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb opined last week, “the CBD craze is...more

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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: The Raging Legislative Battle Over Smokable Hemp

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Hemp and its derivatives – including hemp-derived cannabidiol ("CBD") – were previously classified as Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act of 1972 ("CSA"). That changed in December 2018,...more

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Hemp and CBD – The Latest From Washington

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Even as states across the country move forward with legislation and state plans for legalized industrial hemp and hemp-derived products, the news coming out of Washington, DC has slowed. This does not mean that regulatory...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FDA Target of Executive Order on Agricultural Biotechnology

In response to concerns expressed by livestock groups and some in the biotechnology industry over the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) approval process for gene editing in animals, the Trump administration issued an...more

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Hemp News: Updates on Interstate Travel, Interstate Commerce, and Crop Insurance

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently changed its policy on hemp-derived products. Products and medications that contain lawfully produced hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) are now permitted on flights....more

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100 Days In for Hemp and CBD: More Than a "Touch of Grey"

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• The 2018 Farm Bill, enacted nearly four months ago, included a provision that was designed to legalize industrial hemp on a broad scale. However, there are several caveats and lingering uncertainties for companies that are...more

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Understanding the Patchwork of Regulatory Schemes of the Sale and Use of Hemp-Derived Products

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On December 20, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (the “2018 Farm Bill”) to replace the expiring 2014 Farm Bill. The 2018 Bill, which passed with strong support in both the House...more

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Two Major Retailers Sell CBD-Containing Products Amid a Changing Legal Environment

Late last month, two major retailers announced that they will begin selling cannabidiol (CBD)-containing topical products in stores across multiple states. These announcements represent another important development following...more

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The 2018 Farm Bill, Cannabis and the FDA: Clarification or Continued Regulatory Uncertainty?

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In mid-December the United States Congress passed, and, on December 20, 2018, the President signed the 2018 Farm Bill. By far the most noteworthy aspects of the bill relate to cannabis and hemp. Under the Controlled...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

CBD in Foods and Beverages? Not Quite Yet

The 2018 Farm Bill may have laid the groundwork for getting CBD products on the shelves. On Oct. 27, 2018, the New York Times ran an article with the headline Why is CBD Everywhere?, noting that products infused with...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Legalized Industrial Hemp Production is Coming (But It's Not Here Yet)

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• The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has provided some limited but important clarity on the road ahead for the legalization of industrial hemp production, although some questions still remain. • The USDA will host...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Farm Bill’s Impact on Hemp and CBD – and How Some States are Reacting

While the legal landscape continues to evolve in the cannabis industry, making entry into the space a potentially risky proposition, the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the “Farm Bill”) can be a real game...more

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Trends from the Industrial Hemp Summit

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This week, we attended the Industrial Hemp Summit in Danville, VA. The quality of the event, the information shared, and the people in attendance were incredible. Although the topics of discussion and educational materials...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Hemp Poised for Resurgence Following Farm Bill's Passage - The National Law Journal

Centuries after American colonists were required by law to grow hemp, and decades after it was then outlawed by Congress, one of the nation’s oldest and most versatile crops is poised for a resurgence. The 2018 Farm Bill,...more

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The Road Ahead for Cannabis-Derived Goods

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• By defining hemp broadly – to include seeds, derivatives, cannabinoids, extracts and other parts of the Cannabis sativa L. plant – and giving states the authority to establish and regulate their own industrial hemp...more

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Hemp is Now Legal, But What Does That Actually Mean?

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With the enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) on Dec. 20, 2018, hemp and cannabis derivatives with extremely low concentrations of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—less than 0.3 percent on a dry weight...more

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What Does the 2018 Farm Bill Mean for the Hemp and CBD Businesses?

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President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (popularly known as the 2018 Farm Bill) into law on December 20, 2018. Among the 2018 Farm Bill’s broad-ranging provisions, it legalizes the cultivation and sale...more

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President signs 2018 Farm Bill with hemp reforms – implications for regulatory oversight of hemp-derived products including...

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On December 20, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) into law. ...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | July 2018 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Commissioner Questions Milk Standards Enforcement - At a speaking engagement, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb reportedly expressed that the...more

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