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Key Takeaways - What Happened: A leaked draft of the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s action plan) is circulating. The draft outlines extensive executive branch...more
The Make America Healthy Again Commission (MAHA) draft report, released on May 22, 2025, was a spectacular mix of damning claims and interesting “facts.” They all relate to the horrific state of the American diet,...more
When the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission unveiled its Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment on May 22 (reissued May 28), it framed the document as a clarion call: U.S. regulators must combat childhood...more
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of a new federal report, Making Our Children Healthy Again (MAHA Assessment) issued by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently terminated over $15 million in grants for research aimed to reduce potential exposure to “forever chemicals,”, i.e., per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), from food to...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) March 2025 publication of its new “Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool” spotlighted a lesser-known aspect of FDA’s regulation of pesticide residues on food: action levels....more
Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. ...more
"Forever chemicals," continue to make headlines and are rapidly becoming a focal point of state and federal regulations, as well as environmental, product and personal injury litigation. These persistent chemicals called per-...more
Mark Hartman, the highly respected Deputy Director for Programs in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), will become Director of the U.S. Food and Drug...more
On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos except for those tolerances associated with the 11 food and feed crops that remain...more
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
BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division has recommended that Gruma Corp. discontinue and modify certain claims on its tortilla products. Olé Mexican Foods, Inc., a competitor, challenged Gruma's packaging claims....more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - EPA Takes Emergency Action to Stop Use of Dacthal - For the first time in nearly 40 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency order to suspend all...more
What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Microplastics, as a seemingly ubiquitous contaminant, have increasingly become the subject of online exposés and class action challenges. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Agencies Take Action on PFAS - New FDA Data Shows PFAS Not Prevalent in Tested Foods - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reportedly found per- and poly-fluoroalkyl...more
Food manufacturers should pay close attention to the recent developments surrounding chlormequat chloride (chlormequat), a chemical that plaintiffs claim has been detected in various food products sold in the United States....more
In the absence of comprehensive federal regulation of PFAS in food packaging, states are dishing out their own laws. Thus far, twelve states have enacted laws addressing PFAS substances in food containers and packaging...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: ·Multistate AG Coalition Urges EPA Action to Protect...more
Welcome to A Seat at the Table, Hogan Lovells Monthly Food Digest, where we share our thoughts and insights about some of the past month’s more notable developments when it comes to food regulation....more
With temperatures across the country climbing into the nineties (and higher), summer is officially in full swing. And while summertime is typically the time to enjoy seafood while hitting the boardwalk along the beach,...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are in session this week. The House plans to take up an FY23 appropriations minibus this week in addition to a handful of natural resources,...more
On July 6, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the availability of a draft Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) that would resolve a claim in U.S....more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - Makers and sellers of retail food and beverage products may face a wave of class action litigation over so-called "forever chemicals" (or PFAS) in the coming years....more
As regulatory bodies increase their scrutiny of per- and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFAS), food companies should work closely with their suppliers and prepare for the compliance transition....more
FDA issued an updated Q&A guidance in September 2021, Microbiological Considerations for Antimicrobial Agents Used in Food Applications: Guidance for Industry (Antimicrobial Agents Guidance), which replaces a guidance...more