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White House OMB Food Industry Updates (Spring 2024 Unified Agenda)

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Pivotal food regulatory updates abound in the recently released Spring 2024 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, announced earlier this month by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The...more

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Bioengineered Foods: USDA Solicits Comments on Potential Revisions to Digital Disclosure Option

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USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) recently published a Request for Information soliciting stakeholder input on the electronic or digital link disclosure option for bioengineered (BE) foods under the National...more

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USDA seeks information regarding revisions to digital disclosure option for bioengineered foods

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has published a Request for Information (RFI) asking interested parties to submit comments regarding potential revisions to the current...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - March 2024 #3

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS  - State Lawmakers Introduce Food Additive Bans - State lawmakers in three states have introduced bills seeking to prohibit the use of food additives, building on a...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - December 2023

Shook Partner Published on New York Consumer Protection Laws - Cary Silverman, a partner in the firm’s Public Policy Group, was published in Albany’s Times Union letters to the editor on a proposed New York consumer...more

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USDA finalizes updates to List of Bioengineered Foods

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a final rule updating the List of Bioengineered Foods (the List) under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (the...more

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FDA Accelerates Approval of Animals with Investigational Intentional Genomic Alterations (IGAs)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is advancing ahead in growing the regulatory landscape for developers and sponsors of animals with investigational intentional genomic...more

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Companies Gear Up For Mass Production of Cultured Meat

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Could cultured meat be available in your U.S. grocery store in the new year? A previous article focused on the topic of “cultured meat” – meat made from the cells of animals and grown in a nutrient medium. While no cultured...more

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Court invalidates text message option under Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

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A court has invalidated the portion of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS’s) final rule implementing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (BE Rule) that allows...more

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Proposed Updates to List of Bioengineered Foods for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a proposed rule to update the List of Bioengineered Foods (List) under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (the...more

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USDA seeks comments on annual updates to list of bioengineered foods

On July 22, 2022, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) opened up public comment on a proposed rule to make two changes to the List of Bioengineered Foods (the List). The National...more

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Litigation Minute: New Bioengineered Food Disclosure Rules and Litigation Risks

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - As of 1 January 2022, certain retailers, manufacturers, and importers are required to disclose the presence of bioengineered food and food that contains bioengineered...more

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USDA makes filing in lawsuit on BE food disclosure

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USDA has filed its opposition to summary judgement in the case filed by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) regarding the agency’s implementation of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (“BE rule”). As you may...more

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USDA Bioengineered Food Disclosure Rule Goes Into Effect on January 1, 2022

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a final rule on December 21, 2018, implementing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS). Beginning on January 1,...more

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What is M-E-A-T?

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M-E-A-T has become a complicated word. A variety of alternative meat products are on the market or in development. Plant-based meat substitutes are already commonplace in our grocery stores and restaurants. Some of these...more

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FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Intentional Genetic Alteration in Pigs Intended for Food and Production of Human Therapeutics

Introduction: Alpha-Gal Syndrome - Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is an allergy to red meat and other products made from mammals. In addition to red meat allergy, AGS can also manifest as frequent and deadly-if-untreated...more

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Genetically Engineered Salmon: The Quest for a Super Fish

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AquaBounty Technologies’ path to the U.S. market for its genetically engineered (GE) salmon has been a long one. In 2015, the FDA approved AquaBounty’s application to create and farm its GE salmon (trade name, AquAdvantage)...more

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To GMO Label Or Not?—?How Is a Food Manufacturer To Know?

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When you shop, can you tell whether the food you are buying has been genetically modified — is it GMO (genetically modified organism)? Do you know whether all genetically modified foods are actually considered to be...more

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Genetically modified soybean authorised by the European Commission for food and feed use

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On 28 September 2020, the European Commission authorized a genetically modified organism (GMO) for food and feed use: the glyphosate resistant soybean MON 87708 x MON 89788 x MON A5547-127. The authorization of these...more

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Biomeat: The Next Step in the Evolution of Food Production

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3-D biomeat: Is it finger-lickin’ good? Biomeat, a.k.a., cultured or cell-based meat, is an emerging area of food science that food manufacturers, food retailers, and restaurant chains are currently monitoring as consumers...more

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Bioengineered Foods in the Spotlight: Updating the BE Food List and a Challenge to the USDA’s NBFDS Rule

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a request for comments on its recommendations to update the List of Bioengineered Foods and is facing a federal lawsuit challenging key aspects of the National Bioengineered Food...more

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AMS Requests Comments on Updates to List of Bioengineered Foods for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments on recommendations to update the List of Bioengineered Foods (List) under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure...more

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USDA Issues Guidance to Facilitate Compliance with Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

Key Takeaways: What Happened: USDA published guidance describing two pathways for regulated parties to demonstrate that a product is exempt from federal bioengineered food labeling requirements....more

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USDA AMS Issues Bioengineered Food Disclosure Testing and Validation Guidance

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service released two final guidance documents on detectability testing and procedures to validate a refining process for use in evaluating whether a food or...more

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AMS Releases Draft Instructions on Testing Methods for the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has released Draft Instructions on Testing Methods (Draft Instructions) for use in compliance with the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure...more

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