[Webinar] EHS in the Cannabis Industry: What Happens When the E stands for Enforcement?
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I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - 2020 Year in Review on FDA’s Enforcement of Rx Drug Promotions & Trends
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Podcast - Developments in FDA & DOJ Regulation and Enforcement of Manufacturer Communications
Taking Notice of Notice Letters
A July 14, 2025 U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) warning letter to a prominent wellness product and services company offers a blunt reminder that medical device requirements cannot be waived or overlooked merely because...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warning letters on July 16, 2024, to five companies for illegally selling and introducing into the market copycat food products...more
On August 4, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) issued a Warning Letter to AstraZeneca which stated that the company made misleading claims in a promotional sales aid...more
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a roundup of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more
Homeopathic drugs have an unusual status in the United States. On the one hand, they are incorporated into the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) within the definition of “drug,” which specifically includes...more
Introducing Our Secret Plan to Fight Inflation - It’s simple: Don’t fall afoul of the FTC - ’Twas Ever Thus - Every year, like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the Perseid meteor shower, or a Real Housewives...more
In November the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued letters to various companies selling products contained cannabidiol (CBD), citing concerns that certain products may appeal to children. These CBD infused foods...more
On November 21, 2022, the FDA issued five warning letters to companies selling CBD, Delta-8, and other hemp products for humans and pets. These letters are notable for the following five reasons (see additional details...more
Earlier today, May 4, 2022, the FDA issued warning letters to five companies selling products that contain delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta-8 THC). Several of the companies also manufactured products containing...more
The trend toward state-level legalization of cannabis has led to a surge in cannabis-derived products and a continually evolving market with many types of cannabis products for people as well as their pets. Analysts predict...more
An old adage is that an “ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Perhaps no setting is a more appropriate example of this than a company whose business centers on food products regulated by the Federal Food and Drug...more
Why It Matters - In March 2021, the FDA issued four warning letters to CBD companies around the country. The administration takes a strong stance on product labelling and marketing efforts containing health claims about...more
Recent actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggest that, in 2021, the Agency will sharpen its focus on enforcement efforts to ensure packaged foods appropriately declare the presence of major food...more
Good riddance to 2020 for so many reasons. But, as the AGG Year in Review of the Food and Drug Administration’s enforcement of prescription drug advertising and promotion has become an annual ritual, let’s take a quick peek...more
As the market for hemp-based products booms, many investors are grappling with (and consumers unaware of) the grey area within which hemp products are being commercialized across the country. Increasing demand for...more
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a corporate Warning Letter to Whole Foods Market (“Whole Foods”) following 32 recalls Whole Foods conducted over an approximate one year period for...more
The Food and Drug Administration issued a Warning Letter to a medical device company after conducting an inspection of the facility’s medical device operations....more
Don’t Panic, but Purell Just Got Sued Over Hand Sanitizer Packaging Claims - Class action follows FDA letter, hints at lawsuit pandemic to come - Headaches - Coronavirus news is saturating everything, and stress is...more
Despite the legalization of cannabis sales in many states and Congress’s removal of hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) from the list of scheduled drugs under the Controlled Substances Act, recent events serve as a...more
On November 25, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration sent a wave of warning letters to fifteen CBD companies claiming they are breaking federal food, drug, and cosmetic laws based on their current CBD product marketing and...more
On November 25, 2019, FDA issued Warning Letters to 15 companies illegally marketing cannabidiol (CBD) products. On the same day, U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published a revised consumer update, “What You Need to...more
While it appears very likely that CBD products will someday be cleared for wide-spread sale by federal regulators, that day has not yet come. Many industry participants thought that CBD products became legal when the Hemp...more
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent warning letters to three companies that sell cannabidiol (CBD) products regarding the health claims found in the companies’ advertisements. The FTC did not make the letters...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a Warning Letter, dated July 22, 2019, to Curaleaf, Inc. (“Curaleaf”), a multi-billion dollar market cap company that is publicly traded on the Canadian Securities...more
On March 28, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), issued warning letters to Advanced Spine and Pain, LLC, Nutra Pure, LLC, and PotNetwork Holdings, Inc. The...more