- On June 20, 2025, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed SB 14, now known as Act 463, into law to require on-pack QR codes linking consumers to an ingredient disclosure statement on a web page controlled by the manufacturer. The
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European Union Releases Plans to Help Boost Novel Food Applications
- On July 2, 2025, the European Commission published a new Communication entitled “a strategy to position the EU as the world’s most attractive place for life sciences by 2030.” Recognizing that “the European life science sector is at a critical
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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS: Main Outcome of the 34th Committee on General Principles (CCGP34)
The 34th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on General Principles (CCGP34) successfully addressed all topics on its agenda. CCGP34 endorsed several proposed key changes to the Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission relating to (a) the guidelines for…
Update: Trump Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Authority to Remove CPSC Commissioners
FDA Publishes Proposed 2025 Human Foods Program Guidance Agenda
- On Monday, June 30, 2025, FDA’s Human Food Program published its proposed 2025 guidance agenda (FDA’s news release shown here). The agenda contains possible new topics for guidance documents or revisions to existing guidance documents.
- The entire list of
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Texas Becomes Seventh State to Ban Lab-Grown Meat
- On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 261 into law banning the “manufacture, processing, possession, distribution, offer for sale, and sale of cell-cultured protein” starting on September 1, 2025. The law will be in force until September
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FDA Updates Food Labeling Requirements Compliance Program
- FDA announced on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, that it has updated Compliance Program 7321.005, now titled General Food Labeling Requirements and Labeling-Related Sample-Analysis – Domestic and Import. This updated Compliance Program (CP) includes guidelines and procedures that the FDA
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Alcohol Consumption Limit Expected to be Removed from Dietary Guidelines
- Sources have reported to Reuters that the U.S. government intends to remove its recommendation within the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) that adults limit alcohol consumption to one or two drinks per day. Instead, the DGA, 2025-2030 are expected to
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California Delays NOP Requirements for Compostable Products
Earlier this month, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) sent a letter to the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) that effectively delays, until June 30, 2027, a key requirement for “compostable” and “home compostable” products set to take…
General Mills and Kraft Heinz Announce Voluntary Phase Outs of Synthetic Color Additives
- On June 17, 2025, General Mills announced its plans to remove certified color additives from all of its U.S. cereals and what the company referred to as its K-12 school portfolio by summer 2026. Certified color additives authorized for use
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