With the memorandum of understanding between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Animal Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) set to expire, the FDA is proposing an alternative path to market for the...more
Our Food & Beverage and FDA teams explore a plan from a trio of federal agencies that seeks to implement regulatory reform and update the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology....more
7/26/2024
/ Agribusiness ,
Biologics ,
Biotechnology ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Genetically Engineered Animals ,
Genetically Engineered Seed ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Mitigation ,
USDA
In the spring edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, we ponder the significance of insignificant, real...more
6/14/2024
/ Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
Dietary Supplements ,
False Advertising ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
PFAS ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions
Our Food & Beverage Team reports good news for the industry: product labels can follow either the Food and Drug Administration’s current version or any new version of a rule defining “healthy.”...more
Nearly five decades after the FDA last reorganized animal drug labeling regulations, the agency has released a proposal to revise the requirements for the content and format of labeling for approved or conditionally approved...more
In the March edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, there’s fermented fungus in your fruit, a consumer demands...more
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 consumer wants her 2 ounces, a Slack-Fill Slayer has...more
2/6/2024
/ Advertising ,
Animal Food ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Dietary Supplements ,
Food & Drug Regulations ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
Misleading Impressions ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retailers
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
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
In the October edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a consumer likes (pop)corn – but only if it’s from...more
11/8/2023
/ Advertising ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
False Advertising ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
Misleading Impressions ,
PFAS ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions
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
Our FDA and Food & Beverage teams outline key requirements of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) and provide key takeaways from the Food and Drug Administration’s new draft guidance on facility registration...more
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
8/2/2023
/ Advertising ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
False Advertising ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
Nutrition Facts Labels ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Wine & Alcohol
In the June edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, no one knows how to spell chili/chile, lemon-flavored cookies...more
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
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
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
A salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds brought the largest criminal penalty ever imposed following a criminal conviction in a food safety case. Our Food & Beverage and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations...more
2/16/2023
/ Beverage Manufacturers ,
Blue Bell Creameries ,
CGMP ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food & Drug Regulations ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Contamination ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Safety ,
Food Supply ,
Government Investigations ,
Kellogg Company ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
White Collar Crimes
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
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on potential updates to its Green Guides for the use of environmental marketing claims. Our Consumer Protection/FTC Team explains why, after over a decade, the FTC is...more
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
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
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
Decades after the FDA first issued its initial definition of the claim “healthy,” its proposed new definition of the implied nutrient content claim used in the labeling of human food products is here. Our Food, Beverage &...more
In a long-awaited summary judgment ruling, a federal court kept most of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard final rule intact while sending the requirements for the electronic/digital link (QR Code) and text...more