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Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update | Issue 824

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - EPA Takes Emergency Action to Stop Use of Dacthal - For the first time in nearly 40 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency order to suspend...more

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update | Issue 823

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Lawmakers Introduce Bill Banning Commercial Octopus Farming - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a law that would ban commercial octopus farming in the United...more

Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update | Issue 825

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Announces Draft Guidance for Sodium Reduction Efforts - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance that would support reducing the average...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - June 2024 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - UK Labour Party Intends to Ban Energy Drink Sales to Children - The UK Labour Party has signaled that it intends to ban the sale of highly caffeinated energy drinks to those...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - June 2024

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Receives Approval for Reorganization Creating Unified Human Foods Program - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received approval for a reorganization proposal...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - May 2024

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Agencies Take Action on PFAS - New FDA Data Shows PFAS Not Prevalent in Tested Foods - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reportedly found per- and poly-fluoroalkyl...more

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

FDA Announces End of PFAS Use in Food Packaging

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that grease-proofing materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are no longer being sold for use in food packaging in the United States. FDA...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - March 2024 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Approves Qualified Health Claims for Yogurt - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow qualified health claims asserting the consumption of yogurt is associated...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - March 2024

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Announces End of PFAS Use in Food Packaging - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that grease-proofing materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - February 2024

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Illinois Lawmaker Proposes Food Additive Ban - An Illinois State Senator has proposed a law that would ban four food additives. State Sen. Willie Preston (D-Chicago) introduced...more

GAO: FDA Should Finalize Plans to Implement New Traceability Rule

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalize its plans for implementing a rule that would aim to help trace the sources of outbreaks of foodborne...more

FDA Proposes Ban on Brominated Vegetable Oil

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed banning the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food, concluding the intended use of BVO is no longer considered safe. The agency currently allows the use of BVO,...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - November 2023

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Proposes Ban on Brominated Vegetable Oil - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed banning the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food, concluding...more

California Gov. Signs Food Additive Bill, Groups Urge FDA to Act

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation bill banning four food additives, prompting a food industry group to call on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action in response. The California...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - October 2023 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - California Gov. Signs Food Additive Bill, Groups Urge FDA to Act - California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation bill banning four food additives, prompting a food...more

Amended Food Additive Bill Advances to California Governor’s Desk

The California Senate has passed an amended version of a first-in-the-nation bill seeking to ban certain food additives, removing titanium dioxide from the list of prohibited additives and pushing back when the law would take...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - September 2023 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Amended Food Additive Bill Advances to California Governor’s Desk - The California Senate has passed an amended version of a first-in-the-nation bill seeking to ban certain food...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - August 2023

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Revokes GRAS Status from PHOs - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended regulations in light of its determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are...more

FDA Announces Revised Plans for Human Foods Program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced additional proposed changes to the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) as part of its proposal to create a unified Human Foods Program (HFP), building on a proposal...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - June 2023 #2

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced additional proposed changes to the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) as part of its proposal to create a unified Human Foods Program (HFP), building on a proposal...more

California Assembly Passes Food Additive Bill

The California Assembly has passed a first-in-the-nation bill banning the use of five food additives, including Red Dye No. 3 and titanium dioxide, in food products manufactured, sold or distributed in the state. The...more

Food & Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update - May 2023 #3

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS California Assembly Passes Food Additive - Bill The California Assembly has passed a first-in-the-nation bill banning the use of five food additives, including Red Dye No. 3 and...more

Supreme Court Upholds California Limits on Pork Production

The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the Ninth Circuit’s ruling upholding a California ban on pork sold in the state that was produced from pigs “confined in stalls so small they cannot lie down, stand up, or turn around.”...more

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