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Louisiana and Texas Enact New Laws Regarding Food Ingredient Disclosures and School Nutrition

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Louisiana and Texas recently enacted new legislation imposing disclosure requirements on food and beverage manufacturers, as well as new restrictions on ingredients permitted in public school meals. Some changes take effect...more

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Louisiana to Require Disclosures of Specified Food and Color Additives

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Now the law in Louisiana, Senate Bill 14 (S.B. 14) not only prohibits certain food ingredients in school-provided meals and beverages, but also requires food manufacturers to disclose the presence of certain food additives...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Texas and Louisiana Serve Up New Laws on Food Product Labels and Disclosures

In a significant move toward greater labeling transparency and state oversight of food policy, Texas and Louisiana have enacted new laws requiring special labels and disclosures for certain food ingredients. Aimed at...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Minnesota Extends Its PFAS-in-Products Reporting Deadline After Significant Public Comments

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After evaluating public comments on its proposed PFAS-in-products reporting rules, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has agreed to exercise its authority under section 116.943 of the Minnesota Statutes (Amara’s...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Consumer Protection in Québec: A New Regulation Clarifies Requirements Relating to Availability of Replacement Parts and Repair...

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On June 25, 2025, the Government of Québec published a Regulation that clarifies the obligations of merchants and manufacturers with respect to the warranty of availability of replacement parts and repair services. These...more

BakerHostetler

Use Caution When Getting All Fire (Crackered) Up with Your Patriotic Posts this July

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We love a good excuse for a reminder about how to substantiate Made in USA Claims, and we get those opportunities annually around the 4th of July. FTC Chair Ferguson apparently also feels the same, so much that yesterday he...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Oregon Extends Privacy Law to Specifically List Auto Makers

In ongoing tweaks to state privacy laws, Oregon has amended its state privacy law to cover auto manufacturers. Specifically, those that process or control personal information that they get from a person’s use of a car... ...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Minnesota Will Continue to Receive Public Comments on Proposed New Rules on PFAS in Products Reporting

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Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) held a public hearing on May 22, 2025 concerning its proposed rules that would implement PFAS-in-products reporting requirements and associated fees on entities covered by Amara’s...more

BakerHostetler

Just What the Doctor Ordered: NAD Clarifies When a Doctor Endorsement Is a Puff vs. a Claim

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We love endorsement cases, and we love puffery cases. NAD recently gave us two in one, looking at a claim for TheraBreath mouthwash made by the brand’s founder, Dr. Harold Katz: “It’s a better mouthwash....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

CPSC Announces “Record-Breaking Week” of Enforcement Actions Against Chinese Manufacturers

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On May 15, 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) announced a “record-breaking week” of enforcement actions against “foreign violators.”[1] Namely, the Commission announced 28 separate product...more

Goldberg Segalla

Colorado Bans Sale and Distribution of Products Containing PFAS

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As regularly reported by the Environmental Law Monitor, state legislatures have increasingly been taking action independent of federal government regulation to address the significant challenge of eliminating per- and...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

When States Step In: PFAS Policy Innovation or Fragmentation?

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remain a top concern for regulators and the public alike. While federal regulators continue to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive response, including through the PFAS Strategic...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

NAD Holds Puffery Analysis Depends on Material Connection Disclosure

Church & Dwight ran ads for TheraBreath Mouthwash that featured a dentist in a white lab coat identifying him as Dr. Harold Katz. In some of the ads, Dr. Katz holds the product and states: ​“It’s a better mouthwash. I...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New Mexico Enacts Sweeping Statute Phasing in Restrictions on PFAS in Products, Contemplating “Currently Unavoidable Use”...

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In early April 2025, New Mexico enacted a statute restricting intentionally added PFAS in products, similar in scope to Maine’s and Minnesota’s existing laws. The New Mexico statute imposes a ban on sales and distribution...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Minnesota Proposes Rules for Reporting PFAS-Containing Products by January 2026

On April 21, 2025, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (“MPCA” or ​“the Agency”) released proposed rules that if finalized would help effectuate the Gopher State’s ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in...more

Jenner & Block

Microplastics Can Lead to Big Lawsuits

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Microplastics are small plastic particles released from plastic products as they break down over time, and they are present everywhere in the environment . Although there is not yet conclusive scientific evidence...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Sustainable Fashion Law Update: Critical Legislation and Compliance Requirements for 2025

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In recent months, in response to increased consumer interest, federal and state government officials have taken action to propose and adopt laws and regulations directed at promoting consumer transparency and encouraging...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Minor Updates, Major Message? The Competition Bureau Clarifies Guidance on “Made in Canada” and “Product of Canada” Claims

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The Competition Bureau recently updated its Enforcement Guidelines for “Made in Canada” and “Product of Canada” claims, clarifying its approach to non-food products and highlighting new opportunities for private enforcement...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

States Take Action to Regulate and Limit PFAS in Industrial Effluent Despite Federal Inaction

On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule seeking to set effluent limitation guidelines for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) was...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

NARB Offers Guidance on Product Demonstrations

James Hardie Building Products makes fiber cement home siding. The company produced a video demonstration that compared the combustibility of its siding to various competing products when exposed to a blowtorch. At the...more

K&L Gates LLP

February 2025 ESG Policy Update—Australia

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Australian Update - ASIC's Key Issues Outlook for 2025 - On 24 January 2025, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released its key issues outlook for 2025 which provides insights for Australian...more

Blank Rome LLP

PFAS Bans Go into Effect; Manufacturers Attempt to Push Back on Regulations

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Many states have enacted or plan to enact new regulations regarding the manufacturing of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), also known as “forever chemicals,” because they do not easily break...more

MoFo Life Sciences

HHS Secretary to FDA: Consider Elimination of GRAS Self-affirmation Pathway

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On March 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a press release emphasizing “radical transparency to make sure all Americans know what is in their food” and announcing that HHS Secretary Robert F....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

NAD Considers Whether ​“Number 1” Claims Can be Qualified

DREO advertises that it is the ​“No. 1 Fan and Heater Brand” in the United States. Lasko, a competitor, thinks that it is, in fact, the ​“number 1” brand in both of those categories. Because there can’t be two ​“number 1”...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Environmental, Health, and Safety Outlook for 2025

In putting together our thoughts on this post, it was hard not to think about the elephant in the room (see what I did there?). The change in administration has already brought significant changes in our nation’s...more

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