Mary A. Lancaster

Jul 11, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Danielle Stempel |Brian Eyink |Mary A. Lancaster

The highly anticipated opinion in Loper Bright and its companions case, Relentless, Inc v. Department of Commerce, addressed the question of whether courts should continue applying the type of deference first articulated in the 1984 watershed administrative law case Chevron, U.S.A. Inc., v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Jul 24, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Maile Gradison |Mary A. Lancaster

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the results of its pilot program evaluating whether several third-party food safety standards align with the food safety requirements in FDA’s Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) and Produce Safety regulations. FDA concluded that three third-party audit standards are in alignment with the relevant PCHF regulations and one audit standard is in alignment with select portions of the Produce Safety regulations.

Jun 15, 2023 | tribeza.com | Mary A. Lancaster

When Lene Saint-Orens moved to Austin in 2001 and took a job in HR with the University of Texas, she had no idea that a few years later she would be opening Wholesome Generation, an educational academy with a living, community-integrated food, cooking, and regenerative farm curriculum. But in this transition she has found her purpose and is passionate about sharing it with our youth and their families.

Feb 2, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Martin Hahn |Mary A. Lancaster

The Draft Guidance1 (link) and proposed action levels represent a highly anticipated step in the Agency’s Closer to Zero2action plan to reduce childhood exposure to contaminants in food. The action levels represent levels at which FDA may regard a food as adulterated within the meaning of section 402(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).