- At the end of March, U.S. federal Judge Brian A. Jackson issued a decision in Turtle Island Foods v. Strain, which blocked a Louisiana labeling law for violation of
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FDA Seeks OMB Approval of Consumer Research Plans for “Healthy” Symbol
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- We reported on FDA’s May 7, 2021 announcement of plans to conduct quantitative research studies to explore consumer responses to draft Front of Pack (FOP) symbols that manufacturers could voluntarily
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Judge Questions Plausibility of “0g Total Sugar” Claim
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- This week, during oral arguments on Campbell Soup Company’s (Campbell) motion to dismiss, a California federal
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Court Determines Dreyer’s Accurately Disclosed Ice Cream Bar Ingredients
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- On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos dismissed a July 2021 putative class action alleging that Dreyer’s falsely claimed that its Haagen-Dazs ice cream bars are coated
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Food Labeling Modernization Act Introduced in Congress
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- The Food Labeling Modernization Act (FLMA) was introduced to both Houses of Congress on August 3, 2021. If passed, the 35-page legislation co-sponsored by Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Senator
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Recall of Deficient Infant Formula
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- Designed By Nature announced June 14, 2021 that it is recalling its Goat’s Milk Powder, Cow’s Milk Powder, and Base Milk Powder formulas with an expiration date between May 1,
FDA Notice Concerning “Healthy” Symbol
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- Since launching in 2018, the FDA Nutrition Innovation Strategy (NIS) has included the possibility of FDA introducing a new symbol that could be used to convey the nutrient content claim
Sargento Foods Faces Two Labeling Suits Regarding “No Antibiotics” Claims on Cheeses
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- Two lawsuits filed against Sargento Foods in December 2020 (Phan v. Sargento Foods Inc., No. 5:20-cv-09251 (N.D. Ca.)) and January 2021 (Beyond Pesticides v. Sargento Foods,
FDA to Publish Biennial Uniform Compliance Date for 2021-2022 Food Labeling Regulations
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- As our readership is aware, FDA periodically announces uniform compliance dates for new food labeling requirements to minimize the economic impact on the food industry of having to respond separately
FDA Guidance: Use of “Potassium Salt” as an Alternate Name for “Potassium Chloride” in Food Labeling
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- Our readers may recall a 2016 citizen’s petition filed by NuTek Food Science that requested FDA to permit “potassium salt” as a common or usual name for potassium chloride because