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  • WHO, Governments Issue Advice on Food Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued “COVID-19 and food safety: guidance for food businesses,” which provides information on the risks of transmission of COVID-19 in the food and beverage industry. “It is highly unlikely that people can contract COVID-19 from food or food packaging,” the guidance states. “Coronaviruses cannot multiply in food; they need…

  • FDA Warns CBD Sellers for COVID-19 Claims

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has urged several sellers of products with cannabidiol (CBD) to stop marketing their products as able to treat or prevent COVID-19. The letters, sent by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), emphasize that “FDA is taking urgent measures to protect consumers from certain products that, without approval…

  • California to Provide Food Industry Employees with Paid Sick Leave

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that the state will provide workers in the food sector—including farmworkers and employees at grocery stores and fast food restaurants—with two weeks of paid sick leave. The order aims to “fill[] a gap left by federal relief that had provided similar paid leave benefits for employers with fewer than…

  • FDA Warning Letters Provide Opportunity for Food-Safety Reminders During Viral and Bacterial Outbreaks

    By Partner Lindsey Heinz and Associate Zac Parker The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC and its supplier Sprouts Unlimited Inc. regarding food safety practices after the agency traced an outbreak of E. coli to Jimmy John’s produce, which had previously caused outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. In the…

  • FDA Releases Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released its plan to combat outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) carried by leafy greens. “Due to the reoccurring nature of outbreaks associated with leafy greens, FDA has developed this commodity-specific action plan,” the announcement states. “Expediting the improved safety of leafy greens will require collaboration between…

  • Center for Food Safety Challenges Organic Certification for Hydroponic Food

    The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and several agricultural firms have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) challenging the agency’s denial of the group’s petition seeking to ban organic certification of hydroponic food growers. Ctr. for Food Safety v. Perdue, No. 20-1537 (N.D. Cal., filed March 2, 2020). USDA denied CFS’s…

  • “Farmstand” Tropicana Contains Malic Acid, Plaintiff Argues

    Two consumers have filed a putative class action alleging that Tropicana misleads consumers by implying that its products are natural despite containing malic acid. Willard v. Tropicana Mfg. Co., No. 20-1501 (N.D. Ill., filed February 28, 2020). The complaint argues that Tropicana “tricks consumers” into buying products by “omitting the legally required disclosures” about artificial…

  • Putative Class Action Alleges Ruffles Chips Contain Artificial Flavor

    A plaintiff has alleged that Frito-Lay North America Inc. fails to include a mandated front-of-package disclosure that its Cheddar and Sour Cream chips are flavored with artificial flavoring. Ithier v. Frito-Lay N. Am. Inc., No. 20-1810 (S.D.N.Y., filed March 1, 2020). The complaint asserts that “[b]ased on flavor composition analysis of the Products, the artificial…

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