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

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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

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Food for Thought Implications of FDAs New Chemical Review Program

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

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FDA Announces Plans for Post-Market Chemical Review Program

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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

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

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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

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OMB releases Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released the Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory actions, which outlines the rulemaking actions currently under development in each federal agency. This article...more

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FDA to test voluntary “healthy” symbols through consumer research

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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

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New EU regulation defines “Food Safety Culture”

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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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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l February 2020 #3

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Releases Guidance on Intentional Adulteration - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the third and final installment of its draft guidance on intentional...more

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FDA Releases Third and Final Installment of Draft Guidance for FSMA Intentional Adulteration Rule

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the third and final installment of its Draft Guidance to support compliance with the Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration (“IA rule”)....more

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FSIS Issues Revised Compliance Guidelines for Animal Raising Claims

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a revised compliance guideline for substantiating animal raising claims on labels for meat and poultry products. This updated...more

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OMB Releases Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released the Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions, which outlines the rulemaking actions currently under development in each federal agency. This memorandum...more

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FDA Issues Laboratory Accreditation Proposed Rule Required Under FSMA

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently issued a proposed rule entitled “Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods” (“Proposed Rule”), which was mandated by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)....more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l October 2019 #2

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

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Reducing Microbial Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting

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FDA recently released a Draft Guidance for Industry entitled, “Reducing Microbial Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting” (“Draft Guidance”). The Draft Guidance addresses the growing, harvesting,...more

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

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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

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FDA to Consider Regulation of CBD in Food

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Historically, all forms of cannabis—both hemp and marijuana—have been federally designated as illegal substances. That all changed this past December when the President signed the Agricultural Improvement Act (2018 Farm Bill)...more

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance regarding the Low Calorie Sweetener – Allulose

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Last week, the FDA released a draft guidance regarding the low calorie sweetener, allulose, and stated the agency will not treat this ingredient as contributing to total or added sugars content in the nutrition information....more

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OMB Releases Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released the Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions, which outlines the rulemaking actions currently under development in each federal agency. This memorandum...more

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USDA Sends National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard to OMB While Facing Lawsuit for Failing to Meet Statutory Deadline

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On August 1, 2018, two consumer groups sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Bruce Summers for failing to meet the statutory...more

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OMB Releases Spring 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released the Spring 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions for federal agencies, which outlines the rulemaking actions currently under development in each federal agency....more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | May 2018 #3

WHO Announces Plan to Eliminate Trans Fat from Global Food Supply - The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced “a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global...more

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