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FDA Releases its Expanded Decision Tree, a New Tool for Toxicity Screening of Chemicals in Food

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On July 30, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Expanded Decision Tree (EDT), a new science-based tool designed to screen and evaluate the safety or toxicity of chemicals in food....more

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FDA Calls for Stronger Industry Collaboration on Infant and Child Food Recalls

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Call to Action. In a letter dated July 9, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a clear call to action for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of infant formula, baby food, and children’s food...more

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

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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

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USDA Ramps Up Food Safety Strategy

On July 15, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke L. Rollins, announced a “comprehensive plan to bolster U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) efforts to combat foodborne illness” and better position USDA Food Safety...more

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(More) Food for Thought: Louisiana Enacts Food Product Warning Labels for 44 Chemicals

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Louisiana's Senate Bill 14 introduces a first-of-its-kind QR code labeling mandate for food products containing any of 44 specified ingredients, effective Jan. 1, 2028. The legislation follows Texas Senate Bill 25, which...more

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FDA Begins Public Comment Period on Method for Ranking Chemicals in Food for Post-Market Assessments 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on June 18, 2025, the release of its proposed method for ranking chemicals in the food supply. According to the document, the systematic post-market assessment of food...more

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FDA Unveils a Tool for Prioritizing Food Chemicals for Post-Market Assessment

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On June 18, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released for public comment a proposed method for ranking chemicals present in the food supply to determine which should be prioritized for post-market safety assessments....more

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FDA Proposes New Tool for Post-Market Scientific Assessment of Food Ingredients

On June 18, 2025, FDA announced for public comment a Post-market Assessment Prioritization Tool (Prioritization Tool) as an enhanced systematic process for post-market scientific assessment of chemicals in food, including...more

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FDA to Overhaul Post-Market Chemical Review Program for Food Chemicals

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Key Takeaways - What Happened: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to update its food safety post-market chemical review program over the next few months to increase transparency and accelerate its...more

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Sherry Jackman Shares Insights on the Food & Beverage Industry in 2025 with L.A. Times Studios

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Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Partner Sherry Jackman participated in the L.A. Times Studios’ Food & Beverage Industry Roundtable. Sherry was one of three leading food and beverage industry experts to share her...more

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Navigating FDA from 2024 into 2025 Human Foods Program

FDA Restructures its Food Resources Although there were a number of significant new regulations, the most significant food industry change in 2024 was the overhaul of how FDA structures itself to regulate foods generally....more

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FDA Draft Guidance Addresses Management of Environmental Pathogen Hazards for Low-Moisture Ready-to-Eat Foods

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On January 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued long-awaited draft guidance regarding Establishing Sanitation Programs for Low-Moisture Ready-to-Eat Human Foods and Taking Corrective Actions Following a...more

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FDA Human Foods Priority Deliverables for FY 2025

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On October 30, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) newly minted Human Foods Program (HFP) published a list of priority deliverables for Fiscal Year 2025.  By way of brief background, FDA designed the HFP to...more

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PFAS in the Food and Beverage Industry: The Next Big Target

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The food and beverage industry faces a growing concern regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of synthetic chemicals that studies have shown may demonstrate adverse effects to health and the...more

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FDA releases systematic review of the scientific literature on food safety culture

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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a systematic review of the scientific literature on food safety culture. The review was conducted as part of FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint,...more

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FDA Releases Traceability Final Rule

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final rule on the traceability of high-risk foods on 21 November 2022. The regulations, to be codified at 21 C.F.R. part 1, subpart S (titled “Additional Traceability...more

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Litigation Minute: The Coming Wave of PFAS Litigation

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - Makers and sellers of retail food and beverage products may face a wave of class action litigation over so-called "forever chemicals" (or PFAS) in the coming years....more

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Expanding Compliance Obligations of the Board – Part 1: Blue Bell

The role of the Board of Directors has always been a key part of any best practices compliance program. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have consistently said that a Board’s role...more

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‘Clean and Safe’ Certification: The Future for Hotels After COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused many jurisdictions to enact orders imposing additional requirements on hotels and even shutting some down. As people return to everyday life — and even once COVID-19 is behind us — the hotel...more

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Lessons Learned from Post-9/11 and Anthrax Experiences to be Applied to Covid-19 in the Food Industry

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As we face huge challenges from COVID-19, I am reminded daily of the parallels we faced in the 9/11 aftermath and related Anthrax incident nearly 20 years ago when I was Director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied...more

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A Recipe for Disaster: The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Safety and the Food Industry

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The rapid spread of COVID-19 (also commonly referred to as “novel coronavirus”) has caused nations and organizations across the world to take emergency action in the interest of public health. Most companies are issuing...more

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COVID-19 Preparedness Considerations for the Food Industry

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As you likely know, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are closely monitoring the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a respiratory disease that has...more

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FSMA Update: FDA Announces Continuation of Enforcement Discretion for Co-Manufacturer Supplier Verification

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On November 6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a Constituent Update that it will continue to exercise enforcement discretion with respect to certain supply-chain program requirements applicable to...more

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FDA Holds Public Meeting on “A New Era of Smarter Food Safety” to Further FSMA Implementation

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On October 21, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting to engage stakeholders on the agency’s initiative, “A New Era of Smarter Food Safety,” to build on the advances that have been and are...more

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INSIGHT: New Corporate Board Procedures Advisable to Satisfy Duty of Oversight

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In Marchand v. Barnhill, a unanimous Delaware Supreme Court imposed substantial new procedural expectations on corporate directors to satisfy their fiduciary duty of oversight related to material risk areas and legal...more

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