USDA announced the publication of its much awaited proposed rule establishing a National Bioengineered Food Disclosure standard as mandated by Congress almost two years ago (for more on that law, see our prior posting here). The rule is scheduled to publish in the Federal Register on …
In 2015, Senators D. Feinstein, R. Durbin and K. Gillibrand asked GAO to investigate the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) pathogen standards for meat and poultry products and identify any steps that FSIS could make to address food safety. …
FDA is continuing the crackdown on the sale of tobacco products to minors (see our post here regarding recent FDA actions). On May 1, 2018, FDA and FTC issued 13 joint warning letters to manufacturers, distributors, and retailers for misleadingly labeling or advertising nicotine-containing e-liquids …
On April 24, 2018, FDA released a statement regarding new enforcement actions and a Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan aimed to help stop minors from using e-cigarette products. Under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (“Tobacco Control Act”), a “tobacco product” is defined as “any …
