Food Policy & Law

Stay informed about regulatory actions, legal developments, and policy changes affecting food safety. Our coverage tracks FDA warnings, enforcement actions, industry lawsuits, and legislative updates that shape food safety standards. From import restrictions to compliance guidance, we help you understand the regulatory landscape and its impact on public health and the food supply.

Cheese, shrimp, canned mushrooms subject to alerts at U.S. borders

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent

By News Desk

/ 31 Aug 2021

Cheese, shrimp, canned mushrooms subject to alerts at U.S. borders

Report looks at how non-EU nations handle novel foods, GMOs

A report has shown how the regulation of novel foods and genetically modified organisms is different around the world. Research published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) looked at international

By Joe Whitworth

/ 30 Aug 2021

Report looks at how non-EU nations handle novel foods, GMOs

Tackling climate change can boost food safety

Stifling heat waves, droughts, devastating forest and wildland fires, flooding, violent cyclones, rising sea levels, human lives lost — we’ve heard about this and more in the news this summer.

By Cookson Beecher

/ 30 Aug 2021

Tackling climate change can boost food safety

FDA warns online tea company about claims of COVID mitigation and other health benefits

As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or

By News Desk

/ 30 Aug 2021

FDA warns online tea company about claims of COVID mitigation and other health benefits

Global call to reduce antimicrobial use in healthy animals

World leaders have called for an urgent reduction in the amount of antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics, used in food systems. The Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance said countries must

By News Desk

/ 28 Aug 2021

Global call to reduce antimicrobial use in healthy animals

Fish company declines to issue recall; operations continue despite FDA finding of Listeria

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or eat any seafood products sold or processed by Felix Custom Smoking because of possible Listeria monocytogenes

By News Desk

/ 27 Aug 2021

Fish company declines to issue recall; operations continue despite FDA finding of Listeria

Federal judge changes tactics, delays farmer’s $250,000 fine

As if dealing with a scofflaw last month, Judge Edward G. Smith hit Amos Miller with a hefty $250,000 fine with a 30-day payment deadline. Miller and his wife,

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Aug 2021

Federal judge changes tactics, delays farmer’s $250,000 fine

EU agencies quiet on horse meat reports

Europol and DG Sante have remained silent on Croatian media reports that horse meat was found being sold as veal in the country. Local media reported the findings had been

By Joe Whitworth

/ 26 Aug 2021

Salmonella, undeclared colors, pesticides spur food safety alerts at U.S. borders

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent

By News Desk

/ 26 Aug 2021

Salmonella, undeclared colors, pesticides spur food safety alerts at U.S. borders

EPA ends use of pesticide chlorpyrifos on food because of human safety concerns

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will stop the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on all food for the protection of human health, particularly that of

By News Desk

/ 25 Aug 2021

EPA ends use of pesticide chlorpyrifos on food because of human safety concerns

Ethylene oxide recalls dominate report

The number of food and feed risk notices reported by EU countries to the European Commission fell by more than 6 percent in 2020, according to an annual report. In

By Joe Whitworth

/ 25 Aug 2021

Circuit courts differ over whether lies to access property are protected by the First Amendment

A verbose 10th Circuit has split with the 8th Circuit over whether lying is constitutionally protected speech. The disputed ground between the Denver-based 10th Circuit and the St. Louis-based 8th

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Aug 2021

Circuit courts differ over whether lies to access property are protected by the First Amendment

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Food Policy & Law

Cheese, shrimp, canned mushrooms subject to alerts at U.S. borders

Report looks at how non-EU nations handle novel foods, GMOs

Tackling climate change can boost food safety

FDA warns online tea company about claims of COVID mitigation and other health benefits

Global call to reduce antimicrobial use in healthy animals

Fish company declines to issue recall; operations continue despite FDA finding of Listeria

Federal judge changes tactics, delays farmer’s $250,000 fine

EU agencies quiet on horse meat reports

Salmonella, undeclared colors, pesticides spur food safety alerts at U.S. borders

EPA ends use of pesticide chlorpyrifos on food because of human safety concerns

Ethylene oxide recalls dominate report

Circuit courts differ over whether lies to access property are protected by the First Amendment

Your Support Protects Public Health