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Processed Food Industry in the Crosshairs: FDA and USDA’s Ultra-Processed Food Request for Information

Morgan Lewis - Well Done on 7/31/2025

Last week’s issuance of a request for information (RFI) in the Federal Register by the FDA and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) marks the first step in the administration’s effort to address health concerns associated...more

Food and Beverage News and Trends - October 2024

DLA Piper on 10/14/2024

This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. California: Newsom signs three significant food bills. California Governor Gavin...more

Food and Beverage News and Trends - September 2024 #2

DLA Piper on 9/24/2024

This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape....more

Food and Beverage News and Trends - August 2024

DLA Piper on 8/27/2024

This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. FDA rolls out Phase II of long-term sodium reduction plan. FDA has released new,...more

New York's Recipe for Food Marketing: Next Course of Restrictive State Actions?

Jones Day on 3/7/2024

A New York Senate bill seeks to amend multiple state laws impacting food and beverage advertising to expand the scope of factors to be considered in determining whether an advertisement is false or misleading....more

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - March 2023 #3

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/20/2023

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - California Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Ban Five Food Additives - California lawmakers have introduced first-in-the-nation legislation seeking to ban five food...more

$19 Million Criminal Penalty Levied Against Food Manufacturer Serves as a Stark Reminder of the Importance of Food Safety...

Alston & Bird on 2/16/2023

A salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds brought the largest criminal penalty ever imposed following a criminal conviction in a food safety case. Our Food & Beverage and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations...more

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - January 2023

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/9/2023

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Omnibus Spending Bill Includes Congressional Notes to FDA - President Biden has signed a spending bill that includes additional funding for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update - October 2022

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 10/24/2022

On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission held a forum titled “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media” to discuss ever-growing concerns over advertising to youth, particularly in the digital...more

With the U.S. PFAS “Phase-out” clock ticking, what every food company should know

Hogan Lovells on 1/6/2022

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

Food Industry Regulatory and Litigation Highlights – June 2021

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/19/2021

For our June review, the action stays largely in the litigation arena with vanilla getting thrown out and sustainability as well as settlements getting called into question. Meanwhile, environmental and health stakeholders...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l March 2021 #4

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/29/2021

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an investigation into Real Water alkaline water, which is allegedly the link between several cases of acute non-viral hepatitis. The investigation comes amid the...more

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

Hogan Lovells on 1/7/2020

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

FDA Announced Public Meeting On New Era Of Food Safety

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/27/2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it will hold a public meeting on October 21, 2019 to discuss the “New Era of Food Safety.” FDA is exploring new and emerging technology to assess risks and...more

That’s Tainted! What Employers Should Know About OSHA’s Enforcement of the Food Safety Modernization Act

Fisher Phillips on 8/15/2016

Lost in all the landscape-altering changes made by OSHA during the last 18 months was its adoption of enforcement procedures for handling retaliation claims under the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”). Employers...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: August 2016

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/2/2016

When food and beverage companies think of their largest risks, data breaches have not historically come to mind, but this is changing because of reports in the past few months of major breaches by companies such as Noodles &...more

Food Safety Criminal Prosecutions: When Compliance is a Matter of Life and Death

The Volkov Law Group on 3/7/2016

Over the last ten to twenty years, we have witnessed the expansion of federal criminal prosecution of health and safety matters. Environmental and food and drug regulatory enforcement has been supplemented by aggressive...more

China’s new Food Safety Law “the harshest ever”

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/16/2015

China’s new Food Safety Law took effect on October 1, 2015, and will have a far-reaching impact on importers, producers and sellers of food. The new law significantly expands the scope of the previous Food Safety Law, which...more

House Committee Hearing Debates "GMO" Labeling Bill

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/12/2014

On December 10, 2014, the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Examining FDA's Role in the Regulation of Genetically Modified Food Ingredients. The witnesses included Michael Landa, Director...more

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