Regulatory Oversight, Food Supply, Regulatory Reform

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 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