In upholding the lower court decision, the court held that AMS’s digital disclosure provision is unlawful because it does not provide sufficient consumer access to information about bioengineered foods, given the limitations...more
On October 8, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1264, which makes California the first state to legally define so-called “ultra-processed food” (“UPF”)....more
10/17/2025
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The Texas Department of State Health Services recently released a proposed rule implementing Texas SB 25, which requires foods containing any of 44 specified ingredients to display the following warning label...more
10/6/2025
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two new resources that will be made available after an outbreak investigation has concluded – (1) Executive Incident Summary (EIS) abstracts for closed...more
10/1/2025
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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which outlines the rulemaking actions currently under development by each federal...more
9/26/2025
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This week, the Make America Healthy Again (“MAHA”) Commission released its highly anticipated Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (“Strategy”), which outlines “a strategic approach for executive actions to address the...more
9/11/2025
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently issued a proposed rule to extend the compliance date for the final rule “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” (the “Traceability...more
Yesterday, the Make America Healthy Again (“MAHA”) Commission released its highly anticipated Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment (“Assessment”), which aims to examine “the root causes of deteriorating child health.”...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced plans to update its post-market food chemical review program. In its announcement, FDA explained that its forthcoming plans will take a proactive approach to...more