Regulatory Oversight, Food Safety, Dietary Supplements

New Dietary Ingredient Notifications: FDA Addresses Common Pitfalls and Shares New Educational Tools

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/18/2025

On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released educational videos and a new fact sheet to facilitate compliance with the agency’s New Dietary Ingredient Notification (NDIN) review process. Under the...more

FDA’s FY 2023 Budget Includes Several Proposals Significant to Food and Supplement Manufacturers

Hogan Lovells on 4/6/2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released its Congressional Justification for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget. The agency is requesting $1.2 billion for its Foods Program to be allocated to initiatives...more

FDA issues draft guidance on oversight of food products covered by Systems Recognition Arrangements

Hogan Lovells on 7/19/2021

For the past several years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has used a “Systems Recognition” approach with its foreign regulatory counterparts, through which the FDA evaluates whether its foreign counterpart...more

Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduces Bill to Regulate Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD in Food

Morgan Lewis - Well Done on 6/2/2021

US Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced legislation on May 21 to ensure hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) is regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) like other...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l December 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 12/9/2019

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Issues Warning Letters, Consumer Update On CBD, Sparking Litigation Against CBD Cos. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a consumer update on cannabidiol...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

FDA Issues Statement on Cannabis Regulation and Announces Public Hearing

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/2/2019

On April 2, 2019, FDA outlined new steps to advance review of potential regulatory pathways for cannabis-containing and cannabis-derived products. In a statement issued by Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, released in conjunction...more

Clarity on the Horizon for CBD Food Products? FDA Commissioner Indicates a Path Forward

Pierce Atwood LLP on 3/7/2019

On February 27, 2019, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb provided the strongest signal to date that the FDA would take action to potentially permit low-level CBD foods in the marketplace, which would...more

The Farm Bill’s Impact on Hemp and CBD – and How Some States are Reacting

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/4/2019

While the legal landscape continues to evolve in the cannabis industry, making entry into the space a potentially risky proposition, the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the “Farm Bill”) can be a real game...more

FDA Open to “Alternative Approaches” to Regulating CBD

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/4/2019

FDA has announced plans to seek congressional and stakeholder input on "possible alternative approaches" to regulating cannabis and cannabis-derived products. The announcement came as Commissioner Scott Gottlieb spoke on the...more

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