• Yesterday, FDA and HHS announced a series of actions intended to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic food dyes. The news release can be found here and a video of the press conference here. Specifically, the agency announced

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• FDA recently shared the final results from the testing of domestic and imported bottled water collected at retail locations across the U.S. for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Of the 197 samples of purified, artesian, spring, and mineral waters tested,

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• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently suspended its food safety quality checks due to significant staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  FDA had been drawing up plans in anticipation of the staff

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• The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) has published a white paper calling for the “balanced reform” of the GRAS system.
• The ANH announcement comes shortly after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s directive for FDA to explore potential rulemaking to

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• Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been critical of seed oils, alleging that they are harmful to human health and that consumers have been “unknowingly poisoned.”  (See Twitter Post). This view is not shared

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• Sovena USA Inc. has filed a motion to dismiss (Law360 required) a proposed class action alleging that the company falsely labeled its avocado oil as “100% pure” despite diluting it with “cheaper” seed oils. According to Sovena, “the suit lacks

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• On April 9, 2025, the White House issued a memorandum titled “Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations,” directing agency heads to repeal rules without notice and comment, where doing so is consistent with the “good cause” exception in

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