At the 7th annual Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit, held in Washington D.C. and virtually on July 21, 2022, speakers dissected trends in the supplement market and educated on pressing issues. Product labeling and claims were a hot topic. Rend Al-Mondhiry, Partner, Amin Talati Wasserman LLP, told attendees, “Our firm is...
Online food retailers don’t consistently display nutrition information on their websites, and U.S. laws are lagging behind in requiring it, according to a new analysis from the New York University School of Global Public Health and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. "Information required to...
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Washington, D.C.—On April 14, the U.S. Congress passed the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act of 2021; on April 23, President Biden signed it into law. One major impact: Along with the top eight major allergens (milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soybean), sesame...
A federal judge in Oklahoma has refused to block a law requiring plant-based foods to relabel their packaging. Upton's Naturals is appealing the ruling. In September, the Plant Based Foods Association and Upton’s Naturals, along with the Institute for Justice, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Oklahoma food labeling...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that it has submitted a citizen petition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amend the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDC Act) to allow for zero calorie labeling for branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). NPA explained in a press release that...
Raleigh, NC—The adoption of nutrition data on front-of-package (FOP) labels is associated with improved nutritional content—both of those products and their competitors, according to a new study that analyzed 16 years of data on tens of thousands of products. “We wanted to know whether food companies were responding to increased...
Crawley, UK—Half of respondents in a recent survey said they are more likely to buy a product if they recognize all of the ingredients listed on the label—and only 19% of respondents said they always recognize all of the ingredients on the label. The survey of 1,000 adults in the...
Finland, MN—Following a lawsuit, Ben & Jerry’s will no longer claim on product packaging that its ice cream comes from “happy cows,” according to a press release form Organic Consumers Association (OCA). OCA sued Ben & Jerry’s in July 2018 for the “deceptive labeling, marketing, and sale of its ice...
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Congressman Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Congressman Anthony Brindisi (D-NY) introduced the Real Marketing Edible Artificials Truthfully (MEAT) Act in the House of Representatives on October 28, which will codify the definition of beef for labeling purposes, reinforce existing misbranding provisions, and enhance enforcement measures available to USDA if...
