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Food & Beverage Digest – Spring 2024: Juicier Than Ever

In the spring edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, we ponder the significance of insignificant, real...more

6/14/2024 / Beverage Manufacturers , Class Action , Dietary Supplements , False Advertising , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Labeling , Food Manufacturers , Food Marketing , PFAS , Product Labels , Putative Class Actions

New Law Provides Food & Beverage Industry Protection Against Lawsuits Challenging “Healthy” Claims During Ongoing FDA Rulemaking

Our Food & Beverage Team reports good news for the industry: product labels can follow either the Food and Drug Administration’s current version or any new version of a rule defining “healthy.”...more

4/5/2024 / Advertising , Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Labeling , Food Marketing , Product Labels , Regulatory Oversight , Risk Mitigation

$19 Million Criminal Penalty Levied Against Food Manufacturer Serves as a Stark Reminder of the Importance of Food Safety...

A salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds brought the largest criminal penalty ever imposed following a criminal conviction in a food safety case. Our Food & Beverage and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations...more

2/16/2023 / Beverage Manufacturers , Blue Bell Creameries , CGMP , Criminal Prosecution , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Enforcement Actions , Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) , Food & Drug Regulations , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Contamination , Food Manufacturers , Food Safety , Food Supply , Government Investigations , Kellogg Company , Popular , Public Health , White Collar Crimes

Food & Beverage Digest – November 2022: Home of Minty Fresh Class Actions

In the November edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, kombucha creates a buzz, some purported smoked cheese...more

12/1/2022 / Beverage Manufacturers , Class Action , False Advertising , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Labeling , Food Manufacturers , Food Marketing , Nutrition Facts Labels , Product Labels

FDA’s Proposed Revamp of “Healthy” Claim Requirements: What Industry Should Do Now

Decades after the FDA first issued its initial definition of the claim “healthy,” its proposed new definition of the implied nutrient content claim used in the labeling of human food products is here. Our Food, Beverage &...more

10/3/2022 / Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Labeling , Food Manufacturers , Nutrition Facts Labels , Product Labels

Food & Beverage Digest – New Year’s 2022

In the New Year’s edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, the FDA’s cherry pie standard warrants a review, salt...more

1/3/2022 / Advertising , Beverage Manufacturers , Class Action , False Advertising , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Labeling , Food Manufacturers , Food Marketing , Nutrition Facts Labels

Food & Beverage Digest – June 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, plaintiffs can’t remember the taste...more

7/6/2021 / Animal Food , Beverage Manufacturers , False Advertising , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Labeling , Food Manufacturers , Food Marketing , Misbranding , Product Labels , Settlement

Food & Beverage Digest - April 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, someone moved someone’s smoked...more

4/30/2021 / Advertising , Animal Food , Class Action , Dietary Supplements , False Advertising , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Manufacturers , Labeling , Manufacturers , Marketing , Nutrition Facts Labels , Product Labels , Putative Class Actions , Settlement

Food & Beverage Digest – March 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This month, the Ninth Circuit gets krabby,...more

4/2/2021 / Advertising , Animal Food , Class Action , Class Certification , False Advertising , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Labeling , Food Manufacturers , Food Marketing , Food Recalls , Marketing , Settlement

Food & Beverage Digest – October 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and settlements affecting the agribusiness, food, beverage, and cosmetics industry. This month, not all Ritas are lovely, someone...more

10/29/2020 / Advertising , Cannabidiol (CBD) oil , False Advertising , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Labeling , Misbranding , Product Labels , Putative Class Actions

FDA and USDA Food Safety Response to COVID-19 & DHS “Critical Infrastructure” Classification of Food and Agriculture Sector

Our Food & Beverage and FDA teams explore recent updates from the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture on their food safety enforcement approaches to the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....more

3/26/2020 / Agricultural Sector , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Safety , USDA

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