Regulatory Oversight, Food Safety, Regulatory Reform

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

Food and Chemical Update: FDA Unveils Data-Driven Assessment Tool to Rank Food Chemicals

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/1/2025

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is overhauling its approach to post-market oversight of food chemicals, marked by the proposed rollout of a new Post-Market Assessment Prioritization Tool. The FDA first announced...more

Food for Thought Implications of FDAs New Chemical Review Program

Morgan Lewis - Well Done on 5/29/2025

The US Food and Drug Administration recently announced a major initiative to strengthen oversight of food additives and other food-related chemicals. The agency described this as a “stronger, more systematic review process”...more

FDA Initiates New Post-Market Review Framework for Food Chemicals

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/23/2025

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new initiative to systematically review the safety of chemicals already in the nation's food supply....more

FDA Announces Plans for Post-Market Chemical Review Program

Hogan Lovells on 5/21/2025

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced plans to update its post-market food chemical review program. In its announcement, FDA explained that its forthcoming plans will take a proactive approach to...more

HHS Announces Actions to Phase Out Use of Food Additives

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/28/2025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 22, 2025, announced their intent to phase out the use of certain food additives, including petrochemical-based dyes,...more

Food Industry Braces Itself as FDA Announces Plan to Ban Artificial Dyes

Venable LLP on 4/23/2025

On April 21, 2025, it was reported that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a media advisory describing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) intention to remove petroleum-based synthetic...more

HHS Signals GRAS Reform: How Food Manufacturers Can Prepare Now

Morgan Lewis on 4/10/2025

Ingredient suppliers and food manufacturers face an uncertain supply chain landscape in which “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) self-determinations may be more closely scrutinized. The US Department of Health and Human...more

HHS Directs FDA to Explore Rulemaking to Increase Oversight of Food Ingredients

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/18/2025

On March 10, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a press release that he has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explore rulemaking to implement a...more

FDA Commissioner Announces Redesign of Human Foods Program

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 2/13/2023

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert M. Califf announced in a Jan. 31 statement that the agency intends to reorganize its Human Foods Program and Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) after receiving the...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

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

New EU regulation defines “Food Safety Culture”

Hogan Lovells on 3/17/2021

The European Union (EU) recently adopted a regulation requiring food business operators to establish and provide evidence of an appropriate food safety culture and detailing the steps they must take to satisfy this...more

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