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3 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Andrew Bentz |Adam Conway |Colleen Heisey |Philip Oliss
California Assembly Bill 1264 reflects continued state interestin restrictive legislation directed at the food and beverageindustry and, in particular, food additives. On March 19, 2025, California legislator Jesse Gabriel(D-Encino) introduced a bipartisan bill, AB1264, aimed at eliminating certain, as yet undetermined,"ultra-processed" foods ("UPFs") fromCalifornia public school meals by 2032.
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4 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Andrew Bentz |Sarah Conway |Colleen Heisey |Philip Oliss
On March 10, 2025, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services("HHS") Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he directed the U.S. Food andDrug Administration ("FDA") to explore potentialrulemaking to revise its oversight of food ingredients that are"generally recognized as safe" ("GRAS").
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Sarah Conway |Kyle Diamantas |Colleen Heisey |Philip Oliss
Food chemical safety is among Food and Drug Administration
("FDA") top priorities as it rolls out a new Human Foods
Program, amid a flurry of federal and state legislation addressing
food additive safety, resulting in a patchwork of laws in this
area.
FDA recently held a public meeting on the development of a
systematic process for post-market assessment of chemicals
in the food supply.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Sarah Conway |Kyle Diamantas |Colleen Heisey
FDA recently held a public meeting on the development of a systematic process for post-market assessment of chemicals in the food supply.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Kelly Marino Bonovich |Sarah Conway |Kyle Diamantas |Colleen Heisey
The Situation: A New York Senate bill seeks to
amend multiple state laws impacting food and beverage advertising
to expand the scope of factors to be considered in determining
whether an advertisement is false or misleading.
The Issue:The latest New York bill, as well as
recently introduced legislation in New York and Illinois emulating
the California Food Safety Act, demonstrates the states'
continued pursuit of restrictive legislation directed at the food
and beverage industry.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Sarah Conway |Kyle Diamantas |Colleen Heisey
In ShortThe Situation: A New York Senate bill seeks to amend multiple state laws impacting food and beverage advertising to expand the scope of factors to be considered in determining whether an advertisement is false or misleading. The Issue: The latest New York bill, as well as recently introduced legislation in New York and Illinois emulating the California Food Safety Act, demonstrates the states' continued pursuit of restrictive legislation directed at the food and beverage industry.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Sarah Conway |Kyle Diamantas |Colleen Heisey |Philip Oliss |Sharyl A. Reisman |Kelly Marino Bonovich
In ShortThe Situation: A New York Senate bill seeks to amend multiple state laws impacting food and beverage advertising to expand the scope of factors to be considered in determining whether an advertisement is false or misleading. The Issue: The latest New York bill, as well as recently introduced legislation in New York and Illinois emulating the California Food Safety Act, demonstrates the states' continued pursuit of restrictive legislation directed at the food and beverage industry.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
law360.com | Jonathan Berman |Colleen Heisey
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Heather O'Shea |Claire Castles |B. Kurt Copper |Colleen Heisey
Stakeholders prepare for the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration's ("FDA") rulemaking effort to
"make explicit" that laboratory developed tests
("LDTs") are devices subject to the agency's
oversight, reigniting outstanding questions of jurisdiction and
authority.
The Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs ("OIRA") recently received a proposed rulemaking from FDA to regulate LDTs
as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
("FDCA").
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Jun 30, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Kyle Diamantas |Antonio F. Dias |António Gomes Dias |Colleen Heisey
The Request stems from the FTC Collaboration Act of 2021, signed into law by President Biden last October, which directs the FTC to solicit public comment and produce a study concerning collaborative efforts with state AGs for facilitating and refining existing efforts to prevent and protect consumers from potential scams and fraud.
