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Some Judges Have — Naturally — Grown Skeptical of False Advertising Class Actions Challenging “Natural” Labels

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Among recent trends in consumer product false advertising class actions has been the rise in cases alleging false advertising for products touting ingredients as “all natural” or “100% natural.” These lawsuits often point to...more

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Dietary Supplements: FDA Renames and Updates Ingredient Directory

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The FDA recently launched an updated dietary supplement ingredient directory titled "Information on Select Dietary Supplement Ingredients and Other Substances," replacing FDA’s "Dietary Supplement Ingredient Directory,"...more

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TTB Seeking Public Input on Potential Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Changes

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As we previously reported, the Treasury Department released a 2022 report on Competition in the Markets for Beer, Wine, and Spirits (the Competition Report) recommending, in part, that the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...more

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Ninth Circuit Issues Decision Clarifying Protein Labeling Requirements

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On Aug. 14, the Ninth Circuit issued its decision in Nacarino v. Kashi Co., providing some much-needed clarity to the FDA’s protein labeling requirements. The decision dealt with two separate cases from the Northern District...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – November 2022: Home of Minty Fresh Class Actions

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In the November edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, kombucha creates a buzz, some purported smoked cheese...more

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FDA’s Proposed Revamp of “Healthy” Claim Requirements: What Industry Should Do Now

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Decades after the FDA first issued its initial definition of the claim “healthy,” its proposed new definition of the implied nutrient content claim used in the labeling of human food products is here. Our Food, Beverage &...more

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FDA proposes updated criteria for "healthy" claims in labeling

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its proposed rule updating the definition of the implied nutrient content claim “healthy” for use in labeling. Under the proposal, to be considered healthy, a food would need...more

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AD-ttorneys@law - September 2022

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CSPI to FDA: Move to the Front! Watchdog barks at industry efforts to highlight nutrition facts - Gesundheit FOPNL. It’s sweeping the globe. What is it, you ask? A new government agency? An awful skin condition? A...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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Food & Beverage Digest - April 2021

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, someone moved someone’s smoked...more

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Required Revisions to Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels are to be Fully Implemented by January 1, 2021

The Food and Drug Administration issued new regulations requiring changes to the nutrition and supplements facts labels of conventional food and dietary supplements, respectively, on May 27, 2016....more

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FDA Finalizes Nutrition Labeling Guidance Documents

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On December 31, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two final guidance documents to assist industry with compliance with the agency’s updated Nutrition Facts labeling regulations. The first final...more

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More Time to Label — FDA Announces Enforcement Discretion, Updates Nutrition and Supplement Facts Implementation

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced it was exercising enforcement discretion for the required updated labeling of nutrition and supplement facts panels for six months following the first compliance...more

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Food Litigation Trends: New and Undefined Label Claims in 2017

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Part 1: Current Trends and Ingredient Claims - Class-action lawsuits involving the false advertising of food products continue to be one of the most active areas in class litigation. Originally published in Update...more

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Summer Vacay? Not for FDA.

While you were (hopefully) lounging at the beach or hiking mountains, the FDA was hard at work in Washington D.C. churning out final rules and guidance documents that impact food companies in various, and sometimes...more

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