FDA Issues Guidance on Gluten–Free Labeling Requirements
As American consumers become increasingly more heath conscious, many more of them now read the labels on food packages to determine the overall fat content, percent of calories from carbohydrates, the...
View ArticleProposed FDA Rule Changes Leading Food Companies to Take Proactive Measures
In December 2013, the FDA proposed comprehensive changes to the Food Safety and Modernization Act of 2008, with the intention of standardizing the processes for growing, harvesting, packing, and...
View ArticleUnsure What “Natural” Means? That’s Natural…
As anyone who has entered a grocery store in recent years has noticed, there has been a proliferation of foods and beverages claiming to be “natural.” This is not surprising, as according to market...
View ArticleFood Technology: Charting Unknown Territories
The ever-changing industry of food products is one that is hard to keep up with. Much like electronics, or cars, or even toys, the industry is consistently innovating and creating new technologies and...
View ArticleDefeating “Unnatural” Class Actions
On June 12, 2015 a plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit against Kraft Foods claiming that its Capri Sun beverages are not “all natural” because they contain citric acid and flavorings. “Simply put,”...
View Article21st Century Cures Bill Indicates Congressional Desire for Medical Device...
On July 10, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6, commonly known as the 21st Century Cures Bill. While the broad scope of the bill deals with accelerating the discovery, development...
View ArticleA Novel Defense: The Truth
Tetley USA, Inc. is currently defending a false-labeling lawsuit in the Northern District of California (De Keczer v. Tetley USA, Inc., Docket No. 5:12-cv-02409-EJD), filed several years ago on the...
View ArticleCompany Tackles Food Labeling Limitations Proactively, But Loses
Typically, in the “Food Law” world, we see the FDA, state agencies, and consumer activists targeting food manufacturing companies through lawsuits alleging false or misleading labeling, hidden...
View ArticleFederal Legislation to Label GMOs Moves Through Senate
Back in June, a new Senate bill was proposed which would require food manufacturers to label products which contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). As of last week, the bill has cleared the...
View ArticleNew FDA Regulations on E-Cigarettes Set to Take Effect
On May 3, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration expanded their reach to include the regulation of, among others, e-cigarettes and hookah tobacco. The FDA regulates “tobacco products,” defined to be...
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