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Womble Bond Dickinson

An Increasing Regulatory Maze for Nontraditional Meat Products

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As this blog has previously covered, various states have passed laws prohibiting plant-based products from being labeled like traditional meat products. A recent Oklahoma law bans using terms like beef, chicken, or bacon to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 243

Food Venture Financing Trends - Seattle-based craft beverage company, Jones Soda Co., sold its cannabis beverage business to MJ Reg Disrupters for $3 million....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 242

Food Venture Financing Trends - St. Louis-based agtech firm Saluna raised $1.5 million to advance hemp crop development....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Conference] Food Law and Regulation Boot Camp - July 22nd - 23rd, 8:15 am - 2:00 pm CST

Food laws and regulations are evolving rapidly — you and your team must prepare now to navigate the changes and anticipate what’s next on the horizon. ACI's virtual Food Law and Regulation Boot Camp will equip you with the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 236

Food Venture Financing Trends - Danone plans to acquire a majority stake in Kate Farms, a plant-based nutrition shake brand....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: April 2025 # 3

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see that the DEA’s rescheduling hearing is still pending. Germany’s cannabis program is likely to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 232

First Water, a salmon farming startup, has raised $43 million in its latest funding round, facilitating its efforts to develop a system that supports seafood production while minimizing environmental impact. INTAKE, a B2C...more

DLA Piper

Food and Beverage News and Trends - January 2025

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FDA issues final guidance on lead in baby food. FDA has issued its Final Guidance on Action Levels for Lead in Processed Food Intended for Babies and Young Children as part of its Closer to Zero initiative to reduce dietary...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - October 2024 #2

The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) and a coalition of 16 other organizations and individuals have submitted a petition for rulemaking calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require that products...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th Advanced Summit on Food Law - April 30th - May 1st, Chicago, IL

Attend ACI’s 8th Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation and obtain the tools and techniques you need to meet the legal and regulatory challenges which the food industry is now facing as well as...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Advanced Summit on Food Law & Regulation - October 4th - 5th, Mississauga, ON, Canada

Hosted by Canadian Institute, the Inaugural Advanced Summit on Food Law & Regulation Canada takes place on October 4-5, 2023, at the Mississauga Convention Center in Mississauga, Ontario....more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

FDA Warns Plant Manufacturers, Developers of Risk of Transferred Allergens

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has written a letter to the manufacturers and developers of new plant varieties, urging them to fully consider the potential ramifications of transferring the genes of allergens to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Making Sense of FDA's Draft Guidance on Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance describing its "current view" of how companies should name plant-based foods marketed and sold as alternatives to milk. In this hotly contested...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 7th Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation - April 18th - 19th, Chicago, IL

American Conference Institute is hosting the 7th Annual Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance, and Litigation from April 18-19, 2023, in Chicago! Prepare for the future by examining current controversies,...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - March 2023 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - USDA Proposes Rule Limiting 'Made in the USA' Claims for Meat, Poultry and Eggs - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a proposed rule that would tighten who can label...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability of draft guidance for industry on labeling plant-based milk alternatives. The guidance indicates that plant-based milk alternatives can be labeled as...more

Hogan Lovells

Asking the wrong questions: Consumer surveys may not save deficient labeling cases

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Food labeling class actions brought on behalf of allegedly deceived consumers have become increasingly commonplace, especially in hotbed jurisdictions like California, New York, and Illinois. Labeling cases are, not unlike...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation - July 13th - 14th, Chicago, IL

ACI’s 6th Annual Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance, and Litigation is returning to Chicago this July! As the pandemic turns into an endemic, you need to revise your playbook to tackle the food industry’s...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Une industrie florissante : l’essor des produits alimentaires à base de plantes

Que vous soyez au guichet du service au volant d’un restaurant rapide, ou encore dans l’un des restaurants les plus luxueux au monde, tels que le majestueux Eleven Madison Park à Manhattan, vous constaterez que les mets et...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Not Your Garden-Variety Industry: The Rise of Plant-Based Foods

From the fast-food drive-thru window to the floor-to-ceiling windows at Manhattan’s Eleven Madison Park, plant-based foods are cropping up everywhere. Demand for plant-based products surged in North America over the course of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quick Guide to JVs in the Alternative Protein Industry

This article is part of our series on the alternative protein industry, which explores legal considerations relevant to companies and investors in the alternative protein space. The purpose of this article is to provide a...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

“Butter” Luck Next Time: Court Finds California Cannot Preclude Vegan Dairy from Using “Vegan Butter” Labeling

Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California recently ruled in favor of Miyoko’s Kitchen in a suit concerning Miyoko’s labeling of its plant-based spread as “vegan butter.” In doing so, Judge Seeborg...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Legal issues: False labeling of plant-based meat products

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Impossible, Beyond, Everything Legendary. These are just a few of the names adorning plant-based meat substitutes these days. With monikers like this, consumers might be right to expect that the health benefits of switching...more

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From Soup to Nuts: A Round-Up of Legal Guidance for Food & Beverage Companies

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The Los Angeles area is home to iconic food innovators, family-run restaurants of every ethnic stripe, and competition-winning restaurateurs. A successful restaurant or food and beverage company is also a business enterprise...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Food and Beverage Labeling Litigation: Recent Trends

The food and beverage industries introduced numerous technologies and products over the past year and a half that have raised new questions about advertising practices and presented novel legal issues regarding how goods are...more

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