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Getting to the Roots of It All
“Natural”, “organic”, obesity, water, subsidies, pesticides, “local”, “healthy”, genetically-modified food, diabetes, menu labeling, workers’ rights, food labeling, food safety, international trade –...
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Naturally, It’s Only Natural. or, is It?
Think of that busy mom in a grocery store, standing in front of a wall of granola bars. How does she choose which one to buy? Does she pick the all-natural chocolate peanut butter kind or the...
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Don’t Deceive Me: Claims for Mislabeled Organic Food in CA
If a food is labeled organic, but is not actually organic, can a consumer bring state law claims under consumer protection statutes? In California, it appears that the answer is yes. In a recent case,...
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Putting Food Donation Liability Protection Laws to Use
Although many of us will share a bountiful table of food with loved ones this holiday season, there are many for whom putting food on the table is a struggle (and not just during the holidays). At the...
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Frogs, Water, and the Endangered Species Act in Oregon
Oregon spotted frogs and their habitats are being harmed because of the way the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (“BOR”) operates and maintains some reservoirs in the Upper Deschutes River Basin, so asserts...
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Take Two! Frogs, Water, and the Endangered Species Act in Oregon
In late December we reported on a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity (“Center”) that alleges the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (“BOR”) is violating the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”)...
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Food Labeling: The GMO Edition
On February 22, a packed room of food technologists and cereal chemists in Minneapolis heard from a panel of speakers about the hot debate surrounding GMO-labeling, an issue that is unlikely to be...
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Menu Labeling: New York’s Salt Disclosures Temporarily Stayed
A day before new sodium labeling regulations were set to take effect in New York City, a New York state appeals court granted a temporary stay, pausing the implementation and enforcement of the new...
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Sodium Labeling Coming Soon to New York City Restaurants
Some folks are feeling a little salty about last week’s turn of events in the New York City sodium labeling ordinance saga. On May 26, 2016, a New York state appellate court lifted a temporary stay on...
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Your Food Labels Are Getting a Makeover
If you are one of those consumers that studies food labels (I’m right there with you) or, more importantly, a packaged food supplier, be prepared: your food labels will be getting a makeover. On May...
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Why the FDA Needs to Change Its Food Recall Policies
Add this to FDA’s growing list of things to do: improve the food recall initiation process. According to a memorandum published on June 8, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department...
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Big Brewers Hopping On the Transparency Train
Transparency is a hot topic in the food world these days. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently finalized an update to the nutrition facts panel for packaged foods. The U.S. Senate last...
View ArticleSummer Vacay? Not for FDA.
While you were (hopefully) lounging at the beach or hiking mountains, the FDA was hard at work in Washington D.C. churning out final rules and guidance documents that impact food companies in various,...
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FDA to Redefine “Healthy”
The term “healthy” as commonly used is quite subjective—meaning different things to different types of consumers. Culturally, there are sometimes fast-changing trends about what is healthy—foods...
View ArticleThe Dirt On “Clean” Labels
Everybody wants “clean” labels. But, what does that mean? With no legal definition, “clean” labeling encompasses a wide-range of claims, such as natural, healthy, -free, simple, small-batch, no...
View ArticleLet Food Be Thy Medicine, but Mind Your Words
A tweet last week from Project Nosh set my food-labeling-lawyer-head buzzing: “Consumers are looking for snacks that aren’t just empty calories. Brands are providing everything from protein to...
View ArticleChannel Disruption & the Future of Food: Radical Change and New Consumer...
With the recent announcement that Amazon is buying Whole Foods, issues of channel disruption — that is, the ways consumers purchase food — have been on the forefront of people’s minds. On June 1, at...
View ArticleSeeing 2020: FDA Proposes New Compliance Date for Revised Nutrition Facts
On Friday, September 29, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) proposed to give food manufacturers an additional year and a half to comply with the revised Nutrition Facts regulations that were...
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GDPR实施一周年及国家监管机构职责回顾
2019年5月25日，GDPR实施已满周年，一年实施期间让众多跨境企业尤其是在欧洲市场开展业务的跨境企业如履薄冰，社会各界对于GDPR是非功过莫衷一是。周年之际，欧洲数据保护委员会发布官方周年报告First Overview On the Implementation of the GDPR and the Roles and Means of the National Supervisory...
View Article工程内部承包与挂靠的识别问题
近日某客户要求审查公司内部承包经营合同，经通读全文并与客户确认后发现，客户拟通过签署公司内部承包合同的形式，实现工程资质挂靠之实。因此，本着格物致知的精神，尽可能全面地梳理了内部承包与挂靠相关的法律规范（包括法律、法规、司法解释、地方司法性文件），以探究内部承包与挂靠的“罗生门”。 一、内部承包与挂靠的相关法律规范 《关于改革国营施工企业经营机制的若干规定》...
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