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Food Labeling FDA Warning Letters

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law – April 2021 #1

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Instagram Macher Facing Wire Fraud Charges Over Bitcoin - “Jay Mazini” was raking in the virtual currency but didn’t bother paying for it, Feds say …Or Lie Tryin’ - A famous playwright once noted that if you tell an audience...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Consumers Allege Dishonesty from Honest Tea

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When America’s war on heart disease was kicked into gear by President Eisenhower’s heart attack in 1955, dietary fat was deemed the culprit. In an effort to improve health, people sought low-fat alternatives to their favorite...more

The Rodman Law Group, LLC

FDA Recognizes the Need for CBD Regulation

On February 26, 2020 the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) new commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, acknowledged the growing consumer demand for CBD products. “People are using these [CBD] products,” Hahn said in his first...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l December 2019

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Issues Warning Letters, Consumer Update On CBD, Sparking Litigation Against CBD Cos. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a consumer update on cannabidiol...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA and Outgoing Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Open Up About Cannabis and CBD Regulation

As predicted by our colleagues earlier this month, outgoing Commissioner Scott Gottlieb of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a comprehensive press release setting forth actions for possible FDA regulation...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Check the Box to Avoid Food & Beverage Packaging Litigation

Shagha Tousi, a partner in Nutter’s Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Business Litigation and Product Liability and Toxic Tort Litigation practice groups, addressed product packaging litigation in the food and...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

“KIND” of Nutritious—FDA Permits “Healthy” Label and Agrees to Rethink Its Definition of “Healthy” Foods

The Food and Drug Administration has kindly permitted Kind LLC to use the term “healthy” on its snack bars again, but with the caveat that the term must only be used in text clearly presented as part of Kind’s corporate...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

What’s in a Name? When You’re Selling a Food with an Established Federal Standard of Identity, a Whole Lot!

A bluntly labeled section of the Code of Federal Regulations – “Mayonnaise” – provides a description of this particular food dressing, the food’s required ingredients, optional ingredients, and how to declare those...more

Cozen O'Connor

Harsh Words for KIND Bars

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Kind, LLC received a rude awakening from the FDA when it notified the popular snack-maker that it was violating numerous federal regulations by allegedly misbranding four popular products. Kind is known for its widely-popular...more

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