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THC beverages, zero-proof spirits, dealcoholized wines, non-alcoholic (NA) beer, kava and kratom drinks and functional wellness beverages are filling more shelves than ever at package and liquor stores, groceries, bodegas,...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to advance the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities by increasing scrutiny of chemicals in the food supply and accelerating the shift away...more
February 2026 has seen a flurry of Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) aligned food policy activity across federal agencies, state legislatures, and the courts. Policymakers sharpened scrutiny of the Generally Recognized as...more
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Human Foods Program (HFP) recently released a document explaining its 2026 Priority Deliverables....more
It is no exaggeration to say that the past year has seen the most significant push to reform the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) generally recognized as safe (GRAS) process in more than two decades (see our prior...more
This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. FDA releases 2026 deliverables for Human Foods Program. On January 23, the Food...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signaled renewed regulatory focus on the long-standing practice of “self-affirmed” GRAS determinations....more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Human Foods Program (HFP) published its 2026 Priority Deliverables, outlining a broad agenda under the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) strategy to advance...more
This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. San Francisco sues major food companies over ultra-processed foods (UPFs). The...more
Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate in November, informally called the “Better FDA Act of 2025,” is perhaps a bit misleading. While it involves the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the full title of S....more
On December 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent its proposed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) rule, which is expected to mandate submission of GRAS notices for human and animal food substances, to the...more
Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced much-anticipated legislation this month that seeks to reform the process by which “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) substances are assessed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...more
On November 6, 2025, Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the “Better Food Disclosure Act of 2025”, also known as the “Better FDA Act of 2025” (S. 3122) which would reform the Generally Recognized as Safe (“GRAS”) legal...more
In September 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), which contains regulations that the FDA is currently developing. ...more
As EBG previously reported, on March 10, 2025, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) is exploring...more
This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape....more
Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and Nate Mendell, both former federal prosecutors and members of the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group, hosted the eleventh episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on...more
On September 9, 2025, the Make America Healthy Again Commission published the “Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy Report”. The Report sets out more than 120 actions to reshape U.S. food policy and regulation,...more
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (MAHA Strategy) this week. Consistent with the MAHA Strategy’s overall theme of increasing transparency and trust with the...more
The food and beverage industries are seeing a fast-changing regulatory landscape at both the federal and state levels. These efforts are being driven primarily by the US Department of Health and Human Services (the “HHS”),...more
Key Takeaways - What Happened: A leaked draft of the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s action plan) is circulating. The draft outlines extensive executive branch...more
Last week, former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner David Kessler submitted a citizen petition urging FDA to revoke the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status of refined carbohydrates used in industrial food...more
U.S. policymakers should consider reforms to close loopholes surrounding Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) substances, according to an issue brief from the America First Policy Institute. The report recommends against...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is overhauling its approach to post-market oversight of food chemicals, marked by the proposed rollout of a new Post-Market Assessment Prioritization Tool. The FDA first announced...more