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Labeling
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Drug & Device Law
Pom Wonderful Is Now Submitted, and Courts Continue to Follow It
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral argument on the Pom Wonderful case. One thing we’ve learned is that Justice Kennedy doesn’t seem to like Coke’s label for its juice: JUSTICE…
Drug & Device Law
Breaking News – Important Certiorari Grant
By Bexis
Last year (that is 2012), we named Pom Wonderful LLC, v. Coca-Cola Co., 679 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2012), as number eight in our top ten decisions. Here's how we summarized…
Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Blog
ISO Publishes Guidance on Voluntary Labeling for Consumer Products Containing Manufactured Nano-Objects
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published Technical Specification (TS) 13830:2013, “Nanotechnologies -- Guidance on voluntary labelling for consumer products containing manufactured nano-objects.” The purpose of the guidance “is to…
Food Safety News
NY Congressman Reintroduces Bill to Close Trans Fat Labeling Loophole
By Lydia Zuraw
On Nov. 22, Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) reintroduced a bill that would require clearer labeling of trans fats on food packaging. In 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration adopted a requirement…
Food Safety News
Iowa Company Recalls Smoked Uncured Ham for Insufficient Labeling
By News Desk
Mary Ann’s Specialty Foods of Webster City, IA, is recalling approximately 3,536 pounds of Niman Ranch Applewood Smoked Uncured Petite Ham because the establishment number was not included on the…
Health Law Prof Blog
Life Cycle of the Fight to Label Innovative Ingredients Introduced Into Consumer Products – A Suggestion for Producers of Lab Grown Meat
Manufacturers assert that they have no obligation to provide consumers with notice through labeling when ingredients created through innovative technologies are introduced into consumer products designed for human consumption. On…
Food Safety News
Proposal to Label Mechanically Tenderized Meat Remains Under Review at OMB
A proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service to label mechanically tenderized beef products is now under extended review at the White House Office…
Food Liability Law
Battle Over Labeling Genetically Modified Food Continues
Our colleague Claire Mitchell recently published an article in Law360 that discusses a recent class action lawsuit filed against Pepperidge Farm, Inc. in Colorado on November 6, 2012. The complaint…
The Appellate Strategist
Khasin v. Hershey: Unduly Narrowing the Preemptive Scope of Pom Wonderful
As we have briefly explored here, the Ninth Circuit has broadly construed Buckman implied preemption of state law claims pertaining to food, drugs, and medical devices, which are regulated under the…
Food Safety News
Big Food and Big Ag Thwart Your “Right to Know” Anything About Your Food
The "right to know" is the rallying cry of more and more Americans who are fed up with our unappetizing, unhealthy, secretive food system. Consumers are demanding that Big Food/Ag…