Disclosure Requirements, Public Health, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

CRLs Made Public: What FDA’s New Policy Means For the Drug Industry

DLA Piper on 8/11/2025

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the availability of the first-ever centralized database of Complete Response Letters (CRLs) on openFDA, one of several steps taken under the agency’s initiatives to...more

Caffeine Safety Legislation Introduced in Congress

Perkins Coie on 8/8/2025

On March 31, 2025, Congress saw the reintroduction of H.R. 2511, the Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act. The bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new regulatory requirements for labeling the...more

Not Quite the Titanic: The Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act Rescues Some FDA Policy Initiatives

King & Spalding on 1/10/2023

The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) user fee negotiations may have hit an iceberg, but it did not sink all the legislative riders that accompanied this summer’s House and Senate bills. Buried within the...more

Sesame Becomes Newest Major Food Allergen

Morgan Lewis - Well Done on 5/11/2021

US President Joseph Biden signed into law the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act (FASTER Act) in April, establishing sesame as the ninth major food allergen under the Federal Food ...more

FDA Issues Final Rule on Front-of-Pack Calorie Disclosures Used for Vending Machine Labeling Compliance

Hogan Lovells on 10/29/2019

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule to revise the type size requirements for front-of-pack (FOP) calorie declarations that are used to comply with the vending machine calorie labeling requirements. The...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | May 2018

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 5/7/2018

USDA Releases Proposed Bioengineered Ingredients Standard - The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released the proposed National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard,...more