Category: Issue 783
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FDA Releases Proposed “Healthy” Definition Update
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a proposed update to guidance on how the term “healthy” can be used in marketing and labeling food products. The announcement notes that current limitations on usage of the term are out of step with the dietary guidelines—for example, salmon is excluded from permitted use due…
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Hydroponic Food May Be Labeled as ‘Organic,’ 9th Cir. Rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not clearly required by federal law to issue a regulation barring hydroponic growers from labeling their goods as organic. Ctr. for Food Safety v. Vilsack, No. 21-15883 (9th Cir., entered September 22, 2022). A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of…
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Consumer Alleges Nonni’s ‘Limone’ Biscotti Misleads Consumers on Lemon Content
A Florida consumer has filed a proposed class action against biscotti maker Nonni’s Foods LLC, alleging the company misleads consumers as to how much lemon the company’s limone-flavored biscotti contains. Goldstein v. Nonni’s Foods LLC, No. 22-81462 (S.D. Fla., filed September 21, 2022). The plaintiff’s suit specifically targets representations on the product’s label including “Limone…
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Biden Announces USDA Efforts to Increase Competition in Meat and Poultry Markets
The Biden administration has announced a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule it says will promote inclusive competition and market integrity in the livestock, meat and poultry markets. At a September 26 meeting of the White House Competition Council, President Joe Biden announced the proposed Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity rules under the Packers…
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FDA Releases Activities Document Detailing Its Approach to Produce Imports
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released an activities document outlining how the agency is working to enhance the safety of fresh produce imported into the United States. The Activities to Enhance the Safety of Imported Produce, announced September 27, builds on the FDA’s Strategy for the Safety of Imported Food, which began…
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ASA bars Gordon Ramsay Gin Ad for Nutritional Claims
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has barred Eden Mill Distillery from using a social media ad for Ramsay’s Gin featuring cofounder and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay that the organization found to have made non-permitted nutrition claims about alcoholic drinks. ASA received and investigated a complaint about a March 20 ad posted to Ramsay’s Gin’s…
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EPA Denies Petition Requesting Rulemaking on Insecticide-Coated Seeds
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a petition from the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and other groups calling on the agency to amend or formally interpret the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as not exempting seeds covered in insecticide and thus requiring compliance with registration and labeling under FIFRA. CFS filed…
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Biden Administration Releases National Food Strategy
The White House has released the “Biden-Harris National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health,” which lays out the Biden administration’s policy goals on a number of food-related subjects. The third pillar of the strategy includes the administration’s intention to (i) “develop a front-of-package (FOP) labeling system to quickly and easily communicate nutrition information”; (ii) “make…