- On November 12, 2025, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act was signed, as part of the reopening the federal government. In addition to
Upside Foods Challenges Florida Lab-Grown Meat Ban in Appeals Circuit
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- During oral arguments on November 4, 2025, Upside Foods Inc. (Upside) urged the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a lower court’s decision denying a preliminary
West Virginia Set to Ban Certain Food Additives and Colors
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- On March 19, 2025, the West Virginia Senate and House sent HB 2354 to the governor for final approval, which proposes banning various food additives and synthetic dyes.
- The bill
Multiple States Propose Bans on Food Additives and “Ultra-Processed Foods”
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- Since the start of February, at least four states have introduced or advanced proposals to ban various food chemicals and address concerns over the use of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). New
Nebraska Executive Order Restricts Sales of Cultivated Meat in State
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- Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed an executive order at the end of August restricting sales of cultivated meat and said he will press state lawmakers to make Nebraska the third
Pennsylvania Proposes to Ban Certain Food Additives
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- On March 18, 2024, Pennsylvania became the latest state to propose a ban of several food additives, citing alleged safety.
- Pennsylvania’s HB 2116 proposes to ban the use of the
Candy Companies and FDA Respond to California Red No. 3 Ban (Law360 Subscription Required)
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- Since Governor Newsom signed AB 418 into law, the National Confectioners Association (NCA), a major candy makers trade group, has urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to curtail
China Bans Seafood from Japan
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- Today, August 24, 2023, China announced it is banning imports of all seafood from Japan in response to Tokyo’s decision to begin releasing radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear
Russia Set to Ban Brazilian Pork Starting December 1
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- Last week, Russia’s Rosselkhoznador, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, announced that it would temporarily ban pork imports from Brazil beginning on December 1, 2017. This announcement
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