On Friday April 23, President Biden signed into law the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research (FASTER) Act that designates sesame as the ninth major food allergen. The first eight major allergens – peanuts, tree nuts, fish, Crustacean shellfish, soy, milk, eggs, and wheat …
For more than five years now, FDA has pursued action regarding cannabidiol (CBD) products. FDA has taken the position that CBD is not a lawful food or dietary ingredient. But despite the agency’s strong statement about CBD, FDA has acted, primarily through Warning Letters (WLs), …
Welcome to the latest edition of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s monthly wrap up of food, beverage and supplement news, including regulations, guidances, events, and whatever else is catching our eye. Food & Beverage Transition: As of this writing, Janet Woodcock is Acting Commissioner of Food …
Welcome to the latest edition of HPM’s monthly wrap up of food, beverage and supplement news, including regulations, guidances, events, and whatever else is catching our eye. It’s been quite a January, hasn’t it? Food & Beverage Transition: As of this writing, Janet Woodcock is Acting …
On January 8, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced proposed amendments to Proposition 65 warning regulations that would limit use of the short-form version of the safe harbor warning. Proposition 65, California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, mandates …
That did not take long. As we reported at the end of 2020, FDA announced in a notice the User Fees for OTC Monograph Drug Manufacturers and other fees. Then on Jan. 6, 2021, HHS announced that the fees are off the table. What happened? Well, …
Welcome to the final 2020 edition of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s monthly wrap up of food, beverage and supplement news, including regulations, guidances, events, and whatever else is catching our eye. Happy New Year, everyone. Food & Beverage Make Every Bite Count: USDA and HHS …
As we previously reported, in March, as part of the CARES Act, OTC monograph reform was signed into law. This law amended the FDC Act to include, among other things, an OTC monograph drug user fee program, under which FDA is authorized to assess and …
Welcome to the latest edition of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s (“HP&M”) monthly wrap up of food, beverage and supplement news, including regulations, guidances, events, and whatever else is catching our eye. Tooting our own Horn: HP&M has been named the “Law Firm of the Year” …
The Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988 (ABLA) directs the Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to notify Congress if science shows that the required warning statement on alcoholic beverages must be updated. Specifically, the ABLA provides that TTB “shall promptly …
Welcome to the latest edition of HP&M’s monthly wrap up of food, beverage and supplement news, including regulations, guidances, events, and whatever else is catching our eye. Food & Beverage Are your cows happy? Check out Karin’s blog post on corporate social responsibility claims. Is it a …
As we previously reported, FDA was petitioned to exempt allulose, a monosaccharide, from being included as a carbohydrate, sugar, and added sugar in the Nutrition Facts box, as well as recognize that the number of calories for this monosaccharide is less than the 4 calories …
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s monthly wrap up of food, beverage and supplement news, including regulations, guidances, events, and whatever else is catching our eye. (Yes, we know that beverages and dietary supplements are “food” within the meaning of …
On Sept. 23, 2020, a coalition of public health and consumer advocacy groups submitted a Citizen Petition to FDA, requesting that FDA start considering the cumulative health effects of substances added to food as (according to Petitioners) is required by the Federal Food, Drug, and …
Quite some time ago, we blogged on the organic livestock and poultry practice (OLPP) rule. The rule established minimum indoor and outdoor space requirements for chickens based on the type of production and stage of life, as well as added new provisions for livestock handling …
