Attend ACI’s 8th Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation and obtain the tools and techniques you need to meet the legal and regulatory challenges which the food industry is now facing as well as...more
Hosted by Canadian Institute, the Inaugural Advanced Summit on Food Law & Regulation Canada takes place on October 4-5, 2023, at the Mississauga Convention Center in Mississauga, Ontario....more
American Conference Institute is hosting the 7th Annual Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance, and Litigation from April 18-19, 2023, in Chicago! Prepare for the future by examining current controversies,...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability of draft guidance for industry on labeling plant-based milk alternatives. The guidance indicates that plant-based milk alternatives can be labeled as...more
Food labeling class actions brought on behalf of allegedly deceived consumers have become increasingly commonplace, especially in hotbed jurisdictions like California, New York, and Illinois. Labeling cases are, not unlike...more
Que vous soyez au guichet du service au volant d’un restaurant rapide, ou encore dans l’un des restaurants les plus luxueux au monde, tels que le majestueux Eleven Madison Park à Manhattan, vous constaterez que les mets et...more
From the fast-food drive-thru window to the floor-to-ceiling windows at Manhattan’s Eleven Madison Park, plant-based foods are cropping up everywhere. Demand for plant-based products surged in North America over the course of...more
Impossible, Beyond, Everything Legendary. These are just a few of the names adorning plant-based meat substitutes these days. With monikers like this, consumers might be right to expect that the health benefits of switching...more
On November 11, 2020, we blogged about Oklahoma’s meatless meat statute. Like similar statutes in other states, the primary purpose of the Oklahoma law was to protect traditional producer of meat and poultry from competition...more
Imitation meat has become ambitious. In contrast to past meat alternatives such as tofu or seitan, new meat substitutes are advertised as almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Advertising also focuses on current...more
Schumer Urges USDA To Delay Hemp Rule - U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to “delay the issuance of a U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program final rule until 2022 and...more
FDA Warning Letters Provide Opportunity for Food-Safety Reminders During Viral and Bacterial Outbreaks - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC and its supplier...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - USDA Receives Hundreds Of Comments On Hemp Interim Rule - Two weeks after opening a comment period on an interim final rule on hemp farming, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...more
As we reported in July 2019, many states have enacted laws related to the labeling of meat alternative products and limiting their use of meat-like descriptors like burgers or hot dogs. One such law recently took effect in...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - CBD Banned from New York Restaurants, in Limbo in Idaho - New York City’s health department has reportedly ordered restaurants to stop serving products that contain cannabidiol...more
At a recent Politico event, Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb signaled the agency’s shift to a new era of more stringent enforcement in the dairy business. Gottlieb did so with an amusing quote:...more