Serving the Latest in Food Law and Policy
On July 24, 2019, the Health Commission of the Chamber of Deputies approved the draft opinion that amends and adds various provisions to the General Health Law concerning overweight, obesity, and front labeling of food and non-alcoholic beverages.
The approved amendments to the General Health Law have, as its main purpose, the right to health…
Oatly, Inc. has chosen to discontinue its “no added sugars” advertising claims after the Campbell Soup Company brought a challenge before the National Advertising Division (NAD). Campbell argued that various claims found on Oatly oatmilk products, including “0 g added sugars” and “no added sugars,” were misleading because the products contain maltose, a sugar by-product…
On June 18, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final guidance document on added sugars labeling for (1) honey, maple syrup, and other single-ingredient sugars and syrups; and (2) certain cranberry products. In this blog post, we summarize the FDA’s guidance on the added sugars declaration for each type of product. Notably, for…
On May 23, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter to the food industry “strongly support[ing]” the use of “Best If Used By” labeling to describe the date when a food will be at its best flavor and quality. FDA believes that standardizing the use of date labels for quality reasons will be…
Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance announcing that the agency intends to exercise enforcement discretion to allow the use of “potassium chloride salt” as an alternative common or usual name for “potassium chloride.” Potassium chloride is often used as a partial substitute for sodium chloride (i.e., salt) to facilitate sodium reduction…
We are writing this memo to bring to your attention that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a new final guidance titled: “Preparation of Food Contact Notifications for Food Contact Substances in Contact with Infant Formula and/or Human Milk” (FCN Guidance). The guidance contains recommendations regarding how the scientific information in food contact…
Driven by the continuous demand of more eco-friendly packaging materials for food and beverage products, there is a growing interest in the use of recycled packaging as part of a company’s sustainable initiative. Businesses, however, are well advised to pay close attention to the regulatory issues on the horizon that are presented by the use…
Last week, the FDA released a draft guidance regarding the low calorie sweetener, allulose, and stated the agency will not treat this ingredient as contributing to total or added sugars content in the nutrition information.
In particular, FDA announced that it will exercise enforcement discretion to allow (1) the exclusion of allulose from the “total…
On April 17, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a proposed rule that would eliminate the requirement that certain packages of meat or poultry products display net weights using the so-called “dual declaration” format (e.g., requiring that some products declare weight in both pounds and ounces).…
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…
