A long-running dispute between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) moved a step closer to resolution, with the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ordering EPA to...more
Citing continued reports of supply chain disruptions by manufacturers of registered disinfectant products approved for use against the novel coronavirus, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on April 14,...more
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What Happened: On an April 3, 2020 call with retailers and marketplace platforms, EPA identified enforcement against sales of unregistered or fraudulent disinfectant products as a high priority during the...more
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• What Happened: FDA announced temporary relief from certain premarket regulatory requirements pertaining to certain new or modified medical devices intended for use against the novel coronavirus....more
Citing reports of supply chain disruptions by manufacturers of registered disinfectant products approved for use against the novel coronavirus, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on March 31, 2020 that...more
Citing a nationwide shortage of disinfectant products during the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on March 26, 2020 that it will now allow...more
On March 26, 2020, EPA issued new guidance addressing a range of issues relating to environmental compliance and enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Agency sets expectations for the regulated community to continue...more
As part of the State of New York’s response to the global spread of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYDEC”) on March 16 published a list of disinfectant products...more
Beware of fraudulent claims that products will kill the coronavirus (officially, the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2) or cure the disease caused by that virus (Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19). The Food...more
On March 5, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an expansion of its effort to comprehensively evaluate cannabidiol (CBD) products, including an opportunity for stakeholders and other members of the...more
As part of the federal government’s response to the global spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is activating a limited procedure that allows eligible disinfectant product...more
On December 19, 2019, EPA announced that it has approved ten applications seeking to add new hemp uses to pesticide products registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) in time for the 2020...more
Producers of cell-cultured meat – synthetic meat products derived from animal cell cultures that are intended to simulate the taste, appearance, and texture of traditional animal products – may soon receive regulatory...more
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is moving forward with a process that may ultimately impose restrictions on the use of certain classes of chemicals in food packaging products under the Safer...more
On August 21, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its receipt of ten applications seeking to add new hemp uses to pesticide products registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and...more
On July 1, Mississippi legislators passed a bi-partisan bill to prohibit certain animal-derived food products from being labeled as “meat” or a “meat food product.” While Senate Bill 2922 also imposes the same new restriction...more
On May 31, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a full-day public hearing to obtain scientific information about issues associated with food and other products that contain cannabis and cannabis-derived...more
On May 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a legal opinion resolving significant ambiguities about the legality of hemp following the passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (more commonly...more
Passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (commonly known as the “Farm Bill") into law on Thursday, December 20, 2018 is anticipated to encourage rapid growth in the burgeoning U.S. hemp industry. The $867 billion...more
On February 8, 2018, the United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) filed a petition with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting that the Agency establish a food labeling requirement that the term...more
In a case with wide-reaching implications for the European Union’s (EU) regulation of products developed using CRISPR/Cas9 and other targeted genome-editing techniques, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) released an advisory...more
On January 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced reduced residue chemistry data requirements for many seed-treatment pesticide uses. The new guidance introduces important changes to EPA policy and...more
On December 27, 2017, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) announced a new procedure for U.S. soybean exporters to comply with China’s phytosanitary import...more
On December 29, 2017, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) issued its annual report on the status of agricultural biotechnology in China. According to the new report, which...more
On October 25, 2017, Senator Orin Hatch (R-UT) introduced S. 2003, the “FDA Cosmetic Safety and Modernization Act.” The proposed legislation would amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 (“FFDCA”) and allow the...more