- On Thursday, May 29, 2025, Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois filed an order granting Chobani’s motion to dismiss a
FDA Lessens Hurdles for Color Additive Changes in Drugs
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- On May 30, 2025, FDA issued a draft guidance titled “Replacing Color Additives in Approved or Marketed Drug Products.”
- Neither the draft guidance nor FDA’s Federal Register notice
Senator Calls for Food Safety Oversight Reform
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- On May 21, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced a bill titled the “Study And Framework for Efficiency in Food Oversight and Organizational Design Act of 2025” or the “SAFE FOOD
FDA Shifts Inspections to States and AI to Help Boost Efficiency
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- After a slowdown in FDA inspections during the first quarter of 2025 and the mass departure of over 3,500 employees, FDA is pivoting to state authority and generative AI technology
FDA Convenes Panel on Talc
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- On May 16, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will host its first independent scientific expert panel on evaluating the use of talc in
FDA and HHS Solicit Comments on Deregulation
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- FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have launched a public Request for Information (RFI) to “identify and eliminate outdated or unnecessary regulations” in alignment with President
FDA Announces Plans for Post-Market Review of Chemicals in Food
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- On May 15, 2025, FDA announced a three-part agenda “to increase transparency and ensure the safety of chemicals in our food.” This step follows from the Agency’s post-market activities last
FDA and HHS Announce Next Steps in “Operation Stork Speed”
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- FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced the next steps in “Operation Stork Speed,” a program intended to enhance the “quality, safety, and nutritional adequacy”
FDA and NIH Launch Joint Nutrition Regulatory Science Program
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- On May 9, 2025, FDA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the launch of the new Nutrition Regulatory Science Program, a joint initiative to research diet-related chronic diseases
FDA Announces Expanded Use of Unannounced Inspections at Foreign Manufacturing Facilities
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- On May 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intend to expand the use of unannounced inspections at foreign manufacturing facilities that produce food, as well