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Promoting sustainability and health benefits can lead to legal trouble in the European Union. While the EU is discussing strategies against plastics and a ban on certain single-use plastics, consumers are requesting more sustainability and extra benefits from their consumer products.
When addressing these consumers’ needs, companies should be aware that there are a number…
The Consumer industry is evolving at lightning speed, and the way consumer companies operate is shifting. From issues in supply chain to the digitalization of the consumer experience, companies are rapidly changing to keep up with consumer demands. Last year businesses in the consumer industry saw a wave of unprecedented disruption and transformation, and 2019…
Vegan and vegetarian food is becoming more and more popular. However, as a lot of vegans and vegetarians are not willing to give up the taste of meat the demand for meat substitutes increases. Whether “vegan salami” or “vegetarian meatballs”, the fundamental question regarding the designation of those substitutes remains unclear so far:…
Recently, an interdisciplinary team from our IPMT and Food Regulatory practices discussed a pending proposed rulemaking from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the primary federal agency that regulates alcohol beverages. On November 26, 2018 TTB proposed modernizing its labeling and advertising regulations with the goal of making the current regulations simpler…
If you make a living producing and selling alcohol beverages, congratulations! You are beloved by many. As someone who manufacturers spirits, wine, beer, or other alcohol beverages, you not only address the high demand for your libations, but also the complex and often confusing regulations that affect your business. Now, however, you have the opportunity…
Please join us at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26 for a webinar on the regulatory landscape for hemp-derived products, including cannabidiol, or CBD.
Martin J. Hahn and Samantha Dietle will provide an overview of the impact that changes to the Farm Bill will have on the FDA regulation of hemp and hemp-derived ingredients, as…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued technical amendments to the final rule revising the nutrition labeling requirements. These technical amendments restore provisions that were inadvertently omitted when the new regulations were published, correct errors in FDA’s sample Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) and Supplement Facts Panel (SFP) formats, and update cross references that were…
The California legislature has passed a law amending the state’s slack-fill statute for food containers subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Assembly Bill 2632 (AB 2632), which Governor Jerry Brown signed into effect on September 19, 2018, revises the slack-fill statute by creating four new so-called “safe harbor” provisions, under which…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month announced it would exercise enforcement discretion over two qualified health claims characterizing the relationship between the reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and the consumption of oleic acid in edible oils (containing at least 70 percent of oleic acid per serving) when consumed in place…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued two guidance documents – one final and one draft – related to the new nutrition labeling requirements. The final guidance is an update to the previous draft guidance addressing the compliance date, added sugars definition, and quantitative declarations of vitamins and minerals.1 The draft guidance is…
