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FDA Extends Comment Period on Method for Ranking Chemicals in Food for Post-Market Assessments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on July 14, 2025, that it is extending the public comment period on its proposed method for ranking chemicals in the food supply by 30 days, to August 18, 2025. As...more

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FDA Initiates New Post-Market Review Framework for Food Chemicals

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new initiative to systematically review the safety of chemicals already in the nation's food supply....more

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FDA Updates Final Guidance on Cosmetic Facility Registration and Product Listing: Wiley

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a Notice announcing the availability of an updated final guidance for the industry entitled “Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products.” The...more

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FDA's Latest Salvo in the LDT Wars

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On September 29, 2023, the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) published the long-awaited proposed rule on laboratory developed tests (“LDT Proposed Rule”). The proposed rule is open for public comment through...more

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FDA Proposes Drastic Overhaul of Laboratory Developed Test Regulation

Of particular interest to clinical laboratories and medical device manufacturers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) released a controversial proposed rule on September 29 that would dramatically alter...more

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FDA issues final and draft guidance on allergen labeling requirements

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On November 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two guidance documents about food allergen labeling requirements. First, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergens,...more

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FDA Proposes Amendments to Medical Device Quality System Regulation

On February 22, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a long-awaited rule to amend its Quality System Regulation (QSR), which is codified at 21 CFR Part 820 and sets forth current good manufacturing practice...more

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FDA transition plan for COVID-19 medical devices requests new submissions to agency

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On December 22, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published two draft guidance documents intended to help medical device manufacturers transition out of the temporary rules put in place for the duration of the...more

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FDA seeks comments on how to transition approved drug products to device status under Genus - Major regulatory changes for imaging...

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On August 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice announcing its implementation of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s April 2021 decision in Genus Medical Technologies LLC v. U.S. Food...more

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Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act: What The Proposed Federal Cannabis Laws Would Mean For Hemp

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On July 14, 2021, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) released the discussion draft of historic federal cannabis legalization legislation, the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act...more

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Administration Finally Releases Proposed Drug Importation Policies for Stakeholder and Public Comments

At the end of July 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jointly published the Safe Importation Action Plan, which outlined the Trump Administration’s two-part...more

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FDA Cracks Down on Companies Selling CBD Products

The past year has seen a veritable tidal wave of consumer product marketing claiming that cannabidiol (CBD) infused or derived products cure or treat cancer, epilepsy, anxiety, inflammation, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease,...more

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Is Your Software a Medical Device? FDA Issues Six Digital Health Guidance Documents

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The FDA recently released six guidance documents as part of the agency’s continued focus on updating the regulatory stance on software as a medical device and other digital health products. The updated guidance documents...more

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Learnings from the FDA Hearing on Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Compounds

On Friday May 31, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing on the topic of cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds. The FDA held the hearing to gather information regarding the safety risks and health...more

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FDA Regulation of Cannabis

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Agency Notice Touts Authority to Regulate Products Containing Cannabis and Cannabis-derived Compounds - On April 4, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice in the Federal Register that it...more

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FDA Announces Public Hearing on Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-Derived Compounds

On May 31, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a public hearing on cannabis products. The hearing seeks to obtain scientific data on cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds, along with additional...more

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FDA Releases Revised Memorandum of Understanding That Would Ease Restrictions on Interstate Shipment of Compounded Drugs

• FDA has put out a new draft MOU for stakeholders to review and provide comments over the next 90 days. • If a state enters into the proposed MOU, pharmacies within its borders would be allowed to distribute up to 50...more

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Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | December 2017

Sen. Hatch Introduces New Bill Regulating Cosmetic Safety - Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has introduced legislation aiming to modernize cosmetics regulation, proposing amendments to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act...more

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Digital Health: FDA Issues Long-Awaited Draft Guidance on Clinical Decision Support Technology

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On Dec. 8, 2017, the FDA issued draft guidance detailing its regulatory approach to Clinical Decision Support (CDS) technology. For years, software manufacturers developing products intended for use by health care providers...more

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FDA Draft Guidance on Menu Labeling

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On November 7, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance regarding menu labeling requirements for certain chain restaurants and food establishments that are subject to the menu labeling requirements...more

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Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | May 2017

Senators Call For Removal of Dioxane from Cosmetic Products - U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (DN. Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (DN. Y.) have petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit detectable levels of 1,4dioxane...more

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Comments Due November 1, 2016 on Proposed Update to Framework for Biotechnology Regulation

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On September 18, 2016, the Obama Administration issued two major documents in connection with its ongoing efforts to modernize the federal Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology. The first document, a...more

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