Food & Beverage Litigation & Regulatory Update

Category: FDA

  • U.S. and Japanese Consumer Groups Denounce GE Salmon

    The Center for Food Safety and the Seikatsu Club Consumers Cooperative have joined to jointly decry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) recent determination that genetically engineered (GE) salmon produced by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. is as safe to eat as conventional salmon and will have little effect on the environment. At the time of…

  • Brockovich Champions GMO Labeling In Time Magazine Editorial

    Environmental activist Erin Brockovich uses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) recent determination that genetically engineered salmon is safe for human consumption and requires no labeling as such to rally consumers into action against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in a December 1, 2015, opinion piece in Time. “The biotech industry and the FDA have…

  • Kind LLC Challenges FDA’s “Healthy” Labeling Regulations

    Kind LLC has filed a citizen petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) challenging regulations governing the use of “healthy” on food labeling, arguing that specific nutrient levels in a product do not dictate whether it is “healthy.” The petition asks FDA to reevaluate its nutrient content claim regulations for consistency with current…

  • NAD Refers “Danish” Cookie Controversy to FDA, FTC

    The National Advertising Division (NAD), an investigative unit of the U.S. advertising industry’s system of self-regulation, has referred to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) an ad campaign for Danisa “Traditional Butter Cookies,” which are manufactured by the Mayora Group in Indonesia and distributed by Takari International, Inc. NAD…

  • FDA Proposed Rule Addresses Fermented and Hydrolyzed Foods with Gluten-Free Claims

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to set requirements for fermented and hydrolyzed foods or those containing fermented or hydrolyzed ingredients and carry the “gluten-free” claim. The proposed rule would apply to foods such as sauerkraut, yogurt, pickles, cheese, green olives, vinegar, and FDA-regulated beers. Intended to address the uncertainty of interpreting test…

  • FDA Issues Labeling Guidance for Foods Derived from GE Plants, GE Salmon

    In conjunction with its decision to approve the first genetically engineered (GE) animal for human consumption, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published final labeling guidance for foods derived from GE crops and draft labeling guidance for GE salmon. Titled “Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Derived from Genetically Engineered Plants,”…

  • FDA Determines GE Salmon Safe for Consumption, Environment

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its determination that genetically engineered (GE) salmon produced by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., is as safe to eat as conventional salmon and will have little effect on the environment. Containing genes from Pacific Chinook salmon and ocean pout that accelerate growth and maturation, AquAdvantage® salmon is the…

  • Federal Agencies Target Dietary Supplement Manufacturers and Distributors

    The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced the latest developments in civil and criminal actions taken against 117 dietary supplement manufacturers and distributors as the result of a year-long investigation into allegedly tainted products. According to a November 17, 2015, DOJ press release, an 11-count indictment alleges…