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FDA Targets 52 “Obsolete” Food Standards of Identity for Revocation

On July 17, 2025, FDA announced several rulemakings aimed at modernizing its standards of identity (SOIs) for food products – regulations that define what a food must contain and how it must be made to lawfully bear a...more

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Food For Thought: Texas Enacts Food Product Warning Labels for 44 Chemical Ingredients

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 22, 2025, signed Senate Bill 25 (SB 25), a law that, among other provisions, requires the following consumer warning labeling on foods containing any of 44 ingredients: "WARNING: This product...more

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Food and Chemical Update: FDA Unveils Data-Driven Assessment Tool to Rank Food Chemicals

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is overhauling its approach to post-market oversight of food chemicals, marked by the proposed rollout of a new Post-Market Assessment Prioritization Tool. The FDA first announced...more

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Food for Thought Implications of FDAs New Chemical Review Program

The US Food and Drug Administration recently announced a major initiative to strengthen oversight of food additives and other food-related chemicals. The agency described this as a “stronger, more systematic review process”...more

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FDA Announces Plans for Post-Market Chemical Review Program

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced plans to update its post-market food chemical review program. In its announcement, FDA explained that its forthcoming plans will take a proactive approach to...more

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Operation Stork Speed Update: FDA Issues RFI for Infant Formula Nutrition Review

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On May 14, as part of Operation Stork Speed (the Operation), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a request for information (RFI) to begin its review of infant formula nutrition requirements. FDA’s last...more

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HHS & FDA Request Public Comment to Inform Agency’s Infant Formula Nutrient Review

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are requesting public comment on nutrient requirements for infant formulas intended for healthy, full-term infants. FDA’s...more

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Food Policy Update: FDA’s Focus on Regulating What’s In Our Food

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Since their U.S. Senate confirmations, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Martin Makary have focused significant attention on one of the administration’s key policy priorities: improving the safety of...more

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HHS and FDA Announce Plans to Phase Out Certified Colors

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On April 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a series of measures to phase out all certified colors from the nation’s food supply by the end...more

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What Food and Beverage Manufacturers Should Be Considering With HHS Secretary Kennedy at the Reins

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Human Health and Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has instructed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revisit and consider rulemaking regarding its Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) notification and...more

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FDA Issues Updated Final Rule for "Healthy" Labeling

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the final rule providing new criteria for when foods may be labeled with the nutrient content claim “healthy.” This rule, released on December 19, 2024, has been a priority...more

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FDA Announces Final Rule Updating Definition of "Healthy" Nutrient Content Claim - Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a final rule updating the definition of the nutrient content claim “healthy.” To qualify as “healthy” under the updated definition, food products must contain a...more

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FDA Foods Program Releases Guidance Topics

On June 29, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and Office of Food Policy and Response released a list of draft and final guidance topics that are a priority for...more

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FDA to test voluntary “healthy” symbols through consumer research

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently signaled its continued interest in developing a voluntary “healthy” symbol for packaged foods as a representation of the nutrient content claim....more

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New EU regulation defines “Food Safety Culture”

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The European Union (EU) recently adopted a regulation requiring food business operators to establish and provide evidence of an appropriate food safety culture and detailing the steps they must take to satisfy this...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l February 2020 #3

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Releases Guidance on Intentional Adulteration - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the third and final installment of its draft guidance on intentional...more

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FDA Releases Third and Final Installment of Draft Guidance for FSMA Intentional Adulteration Rule

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the third and final installment of its Draft Guidance to support compliance with the Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration (“IA rule”)....more

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FDA Finalizes Nutrition Labeling Guidance Documents

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On December 31, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two final guidance documents to assist industry with compliance with the agency’s updated Nutrition Facts labeling regulations. The first final...more

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AMS Releases Draft Instructions on Validating a Refining Process for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comment on draft instructions to validate a refining process under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard...more

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OMB Releases Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released the Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions, which outlines the rulemaking actions currently under development in each federal agency. This memorandum...more

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FDA Issues Laboratory Accreditation Proposed Rule Required Under FSMA

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently issued a proposed rule entitled “Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods” (“Proposed Rule”), which was mandated by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)....more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Reducing Microbial Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting

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FDA recently released a Draft Guidance for Industry entitled, “Reducing Microbial Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting” (“Draft Guidance”). The Draft Guidance addresses the growing, harvesting,...more

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Settlement Reached in Lawsuit to Compel FDA to Implement FSMA Traceability Provisions

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reached a settlement with the two consumer groups that sued FDA in October 2018 to compel the agency to implement the traceability provisions in the FDA Food Safety Modernization...more

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The Use of an Alternate Name for Potassium Chloride in Food Labeling: Guidance for Industry

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Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance announcing that the agency intends to exercise enforcement discretion to allow the use of “potassium chloride salt” as an alternative common or usual name...more

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance regarding the Low Calorie Sweetener – Allulose

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Last week, the FDA released a draft guidance regarding the low calorie sweetener, allulose, and stated the agency will not treat this ingredient as contributing to total or added sugars content in the nutrition information....more

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