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A California bill would require calorie labeling for fast food. From the Los Angeles Times: The proposed law, SB 1420, which the state Senate has passed and the Assembly will consider soon, would require chain restaurants with 15 or more...

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Earlier this week Monsanto announced that it was selling off it's recombinant bovine growth hormone product, Posilac. Here is the news release from Eli Lilly, whose Elanco acquired Posilac for $300 million plus contingent consideration (whatever that is). I don't...

FoodLaw Blogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54511764 2008-08-21T11:47:48-04:00 2008-08-21T15:48:16Z

Interesting discussion on Drug and Device law Blog about a recent food safety case, Fellner v. Tri-Union Seafoods, in which the Third Circuit found that claims stemming from food poisoning from eating canned tuna were not preempted. Drug and Device...

FoodLaw Blogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54510584 2008-08-21T11:25:28-04:00 2008-08-21T15:25:42Z

Go to Washington Post.com for an online discussion with Paul Roberts, author of The End of Food. Here's the intro: Paul Roberts: Hello, everyone. Thanks for joining the online discussion for my book, The End of Food. I'll admit, the...

FoodLaw Blogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54248636 2008-08-15T15:35:56-04:00 2008-08-15T19:36:17Z

From the FDA: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to gather information that will assist the Agency in implementing the recommendations of the Nanotechnology Task Force Report. For more information on the Nanotechnology Task Force...

FoodLaw Blogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54187092 2008-08-14T13:16:31-04:00 2008-08-14T17:16:45Z

The results of a 2006 telephone survey of consumers is available on the CFSAN website: link to survey. Some of the results are interesting. For example, 56% of respondents thought one was more like to get food poisoning from eating...

FoodLaw Blogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54185404 2008-08-14T12:36:44-04:00 2008-08-14T16:36:57Z

From NaturalNews.com: FDA Refuses to Regulate "Natural" Claim on Food Packaging The article points out that FDA received two petitions in the last year related to the word "natural." Here's my favorite quote: While the FDA has not responded to...

FoodLaw Blogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54154588 2008-08-13T19:11:07-04:00 2008-08-13T23:11:19Z

Berkeley Media Studies Group (BMSG) has recently released a report on digital marketing to children. Here's the blurb: "The Proliferation of the media in children's lives has created a new "marketing ecosystem" that encompasses cell phones, mobile music devices, instant...

FoodLaw Blogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-53522542 2008-07-30T18:51:30-04:00 2008-07-30T22:51:40Z

The Associated Press: WASHINGTON - The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and a serrano pepper at a Mexican farm, federal health officials said Wednesday. More of this report on Yahoo!

FoodLaw Blogger tag:typepad.com,2003:post-53506980 2008-07-30T14:22:19-04:00 2008-07-30T18:22:33Z

FTC News release: "The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a study on food marketing to children and adolescents. The report, Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation [see also Appendices...

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