FDA & USDA Regulatory Compliance Attorneys Washington DC

For 45+ Years, Protecting Businesses Before Federal Agencies

OFW Law provides trusted regulatory counsel to food manufacturers, importers, and agricultural businesses navigating FDA, USDA, FSIS, CBP, and Customs and Trade compliance. Our team includes attorneys with former agency experience who understand how federal regulators think and act. We represent clients in enforcement matters, warning letter responses, facility inspections, labeling disputes, and customs actions.

From import detention to recall management, we deliver defense-focused representation across all federal food and drug regulatory matters.

Industries

For over 40 years, OFW Law has been a resource for clients in the food and agriculture industry. We’re experienced from farm to table and everything in between.

From the discovery of innovative products regulated by the FDA to the delivery of healthcare services, we provide clients with substantive legal advice, regulatory understanding, and skilled advocacy in front of FDA, HHS, and Congress.

OFW Law provides guidance and representation before CBP to foreign exporters and producers, U.S. importers, the broker community, and others on all aspects of U.S. Customs and Trade law, including entry issues such as tariff classification and valuation, CBP enforcement actions, and forced labor and the UFLPA.

OFW Law advises and represents clients by defending against threatened or pending litigation related to both consumer-based and commercial disputes, such as California Proposition 65 60-day Notices and civil actions and consumer protection laws related to false or misleading advertising,  and slack fill allegations.

OFW Law represents agriculture and food industry clients in federal policy matters. Our bipartisan government relations team works with Congress, USDA, FDA, and other federal agencies on legislation, appropriations, and regulatory proceedings. With decades of Capitol Hill experience and former agency officials, we provide specialized, effective advocacy for agribusiness clients.

NEWS & INSIGHTS

At a grain export terminal, agricultural trade policy managers watch grain pour into a bulk carrier

Agricultural Trade Policy Advocacy: Where Government Relations Meets Trade Law

In August 2025, the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force expanded UFLPA high-priority sectors to include agricultural products alongside caustic soda, copper, lithium, and steel. For ...
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Food importer comparing two identical jars of preserves, the kind of question a tariff classification attorney resolves

Tariff Classification Attorney for Food Imports: HTS Codes, Misclassification Risks, and Legal Defense

Your import transaction runs on a number – a ten-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule code that determines the duty rate on every food shipment entering the ...
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Meat and poultry plant manager walking an idle processing line with a government relations lawyer

Meat and Poultry Government Relations Lawyer: FSIS, Congress, and USDA Policy

Meat and poultry companies usually call legal counsel when FSIS has already acted. A Notice of Intended Enforcement lands. A HACCP verification issue triggers a ...
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Lab review of a sealed ingredient jar by a scientist and a regulatory director under food safety legislation

Food Safety Legislation and Government Advocacy: How Industry Shapes Federal Policy

The Food Safety Modernization Act moved through Congress after years of pressure from outbreaks, committee work, consumer groups, food companies, and trade associations. FDA did ...
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About Us

OFW Law provides legal, regulatory, and bipartisan government affairs representation to companies, individuals, and trade associations in the agriculture, food, drug, medical device, cannabis, and healthcare industries.