- Yesterday the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment to FDA and drug manufacturer Elanco Animal Health, thereby rejecting a challenge to FDA’s approval of
HHS Cuts Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking for Some Agency Actions
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- Health and Human Services (HHS) will no longer use notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures for “matters relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts,” according
Federal Court Vacates APHIS GMO Movement Rule
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- On December 2, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated and remanded the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS or the Agency) final
Prop 65 Short-Form Warning Rulemaking to Expire
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- As previously reported, in January 2021 California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed limits on the use of the Proposition 65 short-form version of the safe harbor
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SUNSET Rule Withdrawn
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- On May 27, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule withdrawing the Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely (SUNSET) rule, which had
Proposal to Withdraw/Repeal SUNSET Final Rule
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- On October 29, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule to withdraw or repeal the final rule entitled “Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations
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Pork Workers Union Sues USDA Over New Swine Slaughter Inspection System
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- The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union, together with Public Citizen Litigation Group, filed a federal lawsuit to stop the USDA’s new swine slaughter modernization rule that eliminates
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Organic Melee: USDA Loses Latest Round in Legal Challenge Over Synthetics in Organic Production
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A district court judge has denied USDA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the Agency illegally changed its process for reviewing synthetic substances used in organic production.
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USDA Sued over Synthetics
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USDA sued over listing process for synthetic substances used in organic foods. (subscription to Law360 required)
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the National Organic Program (NOP), which