On May 20, the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) submitted a Petition to FSIS requesting that FSIS require all meat and poultry establishments to test and report on a weekly basis the number of workers and the number of their family members with presumptive …
On June 22, 2020, the Eastern District of California entered a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the Proposition 65 (Prop 65) cancer warning requirements for glyphosate. Those familiar with Prop. 65 know that a win for industry battling Prop 65 is a rare event. California Proposition …
As we previously reported, the Made in the USA claim, as a voluntary claim on consumer goods, including products under FDA jurisdiction such as foods, over-the-counter drugs, and cosmetics, continues to be a popular advertising claim. Generally, FTC enforcement actions regarding unqualified Made in the …
On June 3, 2020, the Sugar Association (SA) filed a Petition with FDA. The Petition calls on FDA to improve the labeling of alternative sweeteners in the ingredients list on food labels, take steps to address the “particular difficulties raised by the unquantified presence of nonnutritive sweeteners …
Last week, FDA announced availability of a guidance that would temporarily provide flexibility regarding certain labeling requirements during (and possibly after) the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the fifth time since the start of the pandemic that FDA announced flexibility regarding labeling regulations for foods. The temporary …
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report titled “Food Safety: FDA and USDA Could Strengthen Existing Efforts to Prepare for Oversight of Cell-Cultured Meat.” This report was requested by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), and concerns the federal oversight of cell-cultured (or cell-based) meat, …
Amidst the onslaught of regulatory and legislative announcements and changes occurring daily during this unprecedented time, a long-awaited (in some quarters) legislative change quietly and finally became law. On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the CARES Act which includes an array of …
As readers of this blog may recall, the Food Safety Inspection Service of the USDA (FSIS) received two Petitions regarding the Product of USA Labeling for Meat Products. (See here and here for our blog posts). In 2018, the Organization for Competitive Markets and the American …
On February 27, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the delay of enforcement of certain requirements under the interim final rule (IFR) for the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. As we previously reported, on Nov. 7, 2019, USDA published its much-anticipated rule establishing the requirements …
At a time when some influencers are making good money – and sometimes millions of dollars – for endorsing and promoting everything from fake eyelashes on Instagram to the latest video game on YouTube, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on February 12, 2020 that …
On January 24, 2020, the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that it had received a Petition by Marler Clark LLP, on behalf of several individuals (victims of food poisoning from Salmonella containing meat or poultry products) and three consumer advocacy organizations (Food & Water …
In a letter dated January 9, 2020, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) asked FDA to take immediate enforcement action to prevent what CSPI argues are misleading and unauthorized implied “low sugar” and “reduced sugar” claims, such as “lightly sweetened” and “less …
Lystn, LLC (also doing business as Answers Pet Food; Lystn) is a pet food manufacturer of raw pet food. Lystn has been in a battle with FDA and the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) since 2018 when CDA collected a sample of Lystn’s Straight Beef …
As we previously reported, in 2016, FDA issued significantly revised nutrition labeling regulations for foods and dietary supplements. The compliance date is January 1, 2020 for all entities except those with less than 10 million dollars in annual sales. The updated regulations resulted in many questions …
FDA has repeatedly declared that cannabidiol (“CBD”) cannot be lawfully used in food or dietary supplements because FDA approved CBD as an active ingredient in an epilepsy drug before the first marketing of CBD as a dietary supplement or food. This has not stopped the …
