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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

FDA Proposes New Rules Regarding Growing, Harvesting, Packing And Holding Domestic And Foreign Produce

by Jason Reiser | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 2/14/2013

On January 5, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as part of a continuing overhaul of the United States’ food safety laws under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), published proposed rules regarding the...more

FDA Announces Publication of Two Proposed Rules Implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act

by Nathan Beaver, Michael Flanagan | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/8/2013

On Friday, January 4, 2013, FDA announced the pre-publication of two long-awaited proposed rules implementing parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011....more

Jack Bonner on Defeating Food Labeling Lawsuits [Video]

by LEVICK on 9/20/2012

Jack Bonner, President of A2W – Advocacy to Win, discusses the recent deluge of food labeling lawsuits and outlines what companies in the crosshairs can do to protect their brands, reputations, and bottom lines. With...more

FDA Announces 100k Genome Project

by Richard Fama | Cozen O'Connor on 9/3/2012

The Food and Drug Administration(FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are collaborating with the University of California Davis and Agilent Technologies, a chemical analysis/engineering company from Santa Clara,...more

Philippine exporters going bananas on Australia's import policies

by Rey Cartojano on 5/22/2011

Malaya's online edition last May 20, 2011 headlined that Filipino banana growers are “going bananas” over Biosecurity Australia's requirement that the Philippine bananas exported to Australia should be plants...more

January’s Salami Recall Expands

by Demas Law Group on 2/18/2010

Earlier this year, Daniele, Inc. recalled 1.2 million pounds of its salami products due to concerns that the batches affected by that recall contained salmonella. Unfortunately, it appears that the original recall did not...more