Regulatory Oversight, Food Safety, Comment Period

FDA’s Proposed Ranking Tool Gives Public Opinion a Seat at the Food Safety Table

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/12/2025

With food policy remaining a top priority for the Trump Administration, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), acting under Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has swiftly advanced a number...more

FDA Extends Scrutiny Over Color Additives Beyond Food to Drug Products

Morgan Lewis - As Prescribed on 6/6/2025

FDA’s recent focus on potentially harmful color additives in food products has expanded to the pharmaceutical sector. In May 2025, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Replacing Color Additives in Approved or Marketed Drug...more

FDA to test voluntary “healthy” symbols through consumer research

Hogan Lovells on 5/10/2021

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

FDA Reopens Comments on Proposed Rule to Modernize Food Standards of Identity

Hogan Lovells on 2/28/2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is reopening the comment period on a 2005 proposed rule to establish a set of general principles to use when considering whether to establish, revise, or eliminate...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l October 2019 #2

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 10/14/2019

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Warns Company Selling CBD Oil - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published a warning letter it sent in September 2019 to a company selling cannabidiol (CBD) oil as a...more

FSIS Issues Compliance Guideline on Kit Labeling

Hogan Lovells on 7/10/2019

Recently, FSIS issued its long-awaited guidance on the labeling and packaging of “kit” products. Although FSIS has long informally applied its “kit policy,” this FSIS Compliance Guideline marks the first public guidance that...more

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

Hogan Lovells on 5/20/2019

Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance announcing that the agency intends to exercise enforcement discretion to allow the use of “potassium chloride salt” as an alternative common or usual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

FDA Releases Second Installment of Draft Guidance for FSMA Intentional Adulteration Rule

Hogan Lovells on 3/15/2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the second of three installments of its Draft Guidance to support compliance with the Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration (IA) rule....more

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