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Federal Judge Blocks Louisiana Labeling Law

Posted on April 1, 2022
  • 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

Posted on March 28, 2022
  •  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

Posted on March 25, 2022

Goldfish Cracker False Ad Suit ‘Makes No Sense,’ Judge Says – Law360 (subscription required)

  • 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

Posted on March 18, 2022
  • 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

Posted on August 5, 2021
  • 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

Posted on June 17, 2021
  • 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,

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FDA Notice Concerning “Healthy” Symbol

Posted on May 10, 2021
  •  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

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Sargento Foods Faces Two Labeling Suits Regarding “No Antibiotics” Claims on Cheeses

Posted on February 5, 2021
  • 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,

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FDA to Publish Biennial Uniform Compliance Date for 2021-2022 Food Labeling Regulations

Posted on January 4, 2021
  •  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

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FDA Guidance: Use of “Potassium Salt” as an Alternate Name for “Potassium Chloride” in Food Labeling

Posted on December 21, 2020
  • 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

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