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Last week, former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner David Kessler submitted a citizen petition urging FDA to revoke the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status of refined carbohydrates used in industrial food...more
On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that U.S. Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore closing the GRAS...more
On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) “to take steps to explore potential...more
On March 10, 2025, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), in a seismic shift, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) would “explore potential...more
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on March 10, 2025, that he directed the acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore potential...more
After formulating an exciting new healthy food or beverage, the packaging it comes in may feel like an afterthought. It should not be. Food packaging has become an increasingly hot topic among federal and state regulators,...more
Following the social isolation and public health concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans reevaluated their health and wellness priorities, creating new opportunities for food systems companies to...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a public inventory on July 12, 2023, of certain food ingredients that the agency has determined are unsafe because they are unapproved food additives that are not Generally...more
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA or the Agency) motion for summary judgment on September 30, 2021, against claims brought by a group of...more
The month of May was buzzing with good news for the edible insect industry, but this emerging food trend still faces regulatory uncertainty in the United States....more
Public interest groups challenge FDA’s “Generally Recognized as Safe” Rule as failing to ensure food ingredients are safe for consumers....more
On June 16, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued a declaratory order, requiring a phasing out of the use of partially hydrogenated oils ("PHOs"). In its order, the FDA stated that partially hydrogenated oils...more