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Food and Beverage News and Trends - May 2025

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On April 22, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced coming FDA actions aiming “to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply” and to prompt the food industry...more

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New $203M Chicken Price Fixing Settlement Moves Toward Approval

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In March 2025, a new settlement was reached in a class action suit against several chicken processors accused of conspiring to reduce supply and raise the price of chicken. This most recent settlement is scheduled for a...more

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Food and Beverage News and Trends - November 2024

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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

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Food and Beverage News and Trends - October 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. USDA extends comment period on new salmonella rule for poultry....more

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OSHA Issues New Inspection Guidance Targeting Animal Slaughtering and Processing Establishments

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On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released expanded guidance for OSHA inspections of employers in the animal slaughtering and processing industry. This guidance supersedes previous guidance issued in 2015,...more

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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

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USDA Publishes New Guidelines on Meat and Poultry Labels:

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Imagine this: you’ve got a weekend BBQ lined up with friends, and you’re ready to impress with mouthwatering steaks and chicken wings. You head to the supermarket, excited to pick the best cuts, but as you browse the meat and...more

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USDA Issues Updated Guideline for Substantiating Animal-Raising Labeling Claims - Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued updated guidance on substantiating animal-raising and environment-related labeling claims on meat and poultry products. In the...more

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USDA Announces Proposed Rule Under Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) (collectively, the Agency) on Aug. 7, 2024, issued a proposed rule aimed at reducing Salmonella contamination in raw poultry products...more

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EPA Proposes New Effluent Guidelines for Meat Processors

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Meat and poultry producers (MPP) have a unique opportunity to normalize costs anticipated for new EPA wastewater treatment requirements. The requirements appeared publicly for the first time in a pre-publication version of...more

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Cell-Cultivated Chicken Approved for Sale in the U.S. Market for the First Time

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As of June 21, 2023, two food companies have received a grant of inspection from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for their cell-cultivated chicken. This means the two companies, GOOD Meat (a division of Eat Just,...more

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GAO Encourages OSHA to Take Action in Meat and Poultry Industry

Recently, the United States General Accounting Office (GAO), which is a nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch, took on oversight of the executive branch agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In...more

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USDA Issues New Directives as Cell-Cultured Meat Moves to Market

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) issued Directive 7800.1 on June 21, 2023, providing further insight into the agency’s inspection and verification activities for the...more

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AMS releases inclusive competition proposed rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act

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The United States Department of Agriculture has issued a proposed rule expanding protections for livestock and poultry farmers under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The proposal would affect contracts between poultry...more

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USDA releases proposed rule on tournament system

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On May 26, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a long-anticipated proposed rule on performance-based poultry grower compensation, commonly called the “tournament system.” The proposal would...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New Decision on “Free Range” Hens Has Manufacturers Walking On Eggshells

We’ve written before about the growing trend of “ethical sourcing” or “ethical production” class actions, which challenge manufacturers’ claims (or nondisclosures) about the humane (or inhumane) way their ingredients or...more

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FSIS issues proposed rule designating avian leukosis as a trimmable condition

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In response to an industry petition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the poultry products inspection regulations to designate avian leukosis as a trimmable...more

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USDA and DOJ Issue Shared Principles Focusing on Antitrust Enforcement in Agriculture

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USDA and DOJ have announced shared principles to drive antitrust enforcement in the meat and poultry supply chains. On January 3, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Attorney General Merrick...more

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FSIS partially grants CSPI petition on nitrate/nitrite claims

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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has partially granted a Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) petition regarding nitrate/nitrite claims on meat and poultry products produced using substances that...more

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In a Regulatory First, the Singapore Food Agency Approves Eat Just's Cell Cultured Chicken

Introduction: Meat Alternatives and Cultured Meat - Conventional meat production has been implicated in environmental damage, the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria, and increasing emission of greenhouse gasses....more

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Meat Processing: COVID Liabilities

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In the midst of the pandemic, meat processing facilities have struggled to meet demand while protecting employees. Governmental regulations, orders and guidelines often have seemed to be inconsistent with one another. Even...more

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Biomeat: The Next Step in the Evolution of Food Production

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3-D biomeat: Is it finger-lickin’ good? Biomeat, a.k.a., cultured or cell-based meat, is an emerging area of food science that food manufacturers, food retailers, and restaurant chains are currently monitoring as consumers...more

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NC Struggles with Science, Politics, Increasing Infections, Social Distancing, and Poultry

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Continuing in its role as something of an anomaly in the South, North Carolina continues to try to balance scientific and health data, political pressure, an increasing COVID-19 infection rate, and recent poultry plant...more

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President Issues Executive Order To Protect Continued Operation of Nation’s Meat Processors; OSHA Adopts Enforcement Discretion

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the President issued an Executive Order under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to protect the continued operation of the nation’s meat and poultry processors during the current COVID-19...more

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Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - April 2020 #4

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Administration Issues Meat-Packing Executive Order Falling Short of Original Plan. On April 28, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Executive Order on Delegating Authority under the DPA with Respect to Food...more

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