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Food & Beverage Digest – December 2023: Only the Finest of Preservatives

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In the December edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, states get in on the class action, protein can’t pack a...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – November 2023: Making a Federal Case Out of 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, a mimosa fan is feeling really cavalier, a limone lacks...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – September 2023: Clarifying Quality and Quantity

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In the September edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a surprise amicus brief isn’t so friendly, 210 seconds...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – July 2023: Sold By Weight, Not Volume

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In the July edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a kombucha goes pear-shaped, a New Yorker joins a coffee...more

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FDA continues work on consumer research on front-of-pack nutrition labeling

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a second procedural notice regarding its plans to conduct consumer research on a front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labeling scheme....more

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Food & Beverage Digest – May 2023: Entering Motions With Eyes Wide Open

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In the May edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a plaintiff steals our bit, too much information makes the...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – April 2023: we’ll always have Paris – and class actions

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In the April edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a nutrition shake does a gut (barrier) check, a craft rum...more

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A Sweet Deal: FDA Allows New Qualified Heart-Healthy Claim for High Flavanol Cocoa Powder

FDA recently announced it does not object to the use of certain qualified health claims regarding the relationship between the consumption of cocoa flavanols in high flavanol cocoa powder and a reduced risk of cardiovascular...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – March 2023: busting bad lawsuits like they’re brackets

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In the March edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, one bro tries to clean and jerk seven cases, “organoleptic”...more

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FDA to test front of pack nutrition labeling schemes through consumer research

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to explore the development of a standardized front of package (FOP) nutrition labeling scheme by conducting consumer research....more

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Vence plazo para la publicación de los Lineamientos para la Publicidad de alimentos y bebidas

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Conforme al Decreto que reforma el Reglamento de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios y el Reglamento de la Ley General de Salud en Materia de Publicidad, referentes al etiquetado frontal y la publicidad de alimentos y...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – December 2022

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In the December edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, pop goes the Indiana popcorn, granola complicates...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 Proposes Updated Definition of "Healthy" Claim for Food; Seeks Comment

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In Short - The Situation: To conform with current nutrition science and federal dietary guidance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has proposed updated criteria for when food labels can bear what the FDA...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – October 2022: bringing the spiciest class actions

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In the October edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, children are reasonable consumers, that’s right – a hot...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – September 2022: translated from the Greek to us

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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, feta is a GOAT’s cheese and laws...more

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Asking the wrong questions: Consumer surveys may not save deficient labeling cases

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Food labeling class actions brought on behalf of allegedly deceived consumers have become increasingly commonplace, especially in hotbed jurisdictions like California, New York, and Illinois. Labeling cases are, not unlike...more

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Eat Your Greens: FDA Proposes New Definition for ‘Healthy’ Packaged Food Claims

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The US Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule on September 29 setting forth new criteria for the labeling of food products with the nutrient content claim “healthy” intended to help consumers more easily navigate...more

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Food & Beverage Digest - July 2022

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In the July edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, one plaintiff is not tolerant of dairy-free coffee creamer,...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – May 2022

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In the May edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, some fat isn’t enough, some heroes wear grapes, and some...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – April 2022

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In the April edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a free-range chicken suit takes off, it’s no use crying over...more

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Food & Beverage Digest – January 2022

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In the January edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a plaintiff offers a toast to cinnamon, flavored water...more

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Buttery Smooth Application: District Courts Narrowly Apply Second Circuit Precedent in False-Ad Cases

Consumers in false-advertising cases have long targeted food packaging for purportedly misrepresenting the presence or quantity of an ingredient in a product. These litigants typically contend that a product’s name—e.g.,...more

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FDA publishes new Q&A on “0 g Total Sugar” statements

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added a new Question and Answer to its website related to “0 g total sugars” label statements....more

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FDA Ends Regulation Of “French Dressing”

Last week the FDA announced that it would lift regulations controlling what can be called “French dressing.” The regulations—which had been in place since 1950—previously required that a product contain 35% vegetable oil and...more

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