By Dr. Nina Fedoroff, as published in Agri-Pulse USDA and FDA proposals to regulate genetically engineered (GE) plants and animals following the recent update of the regulatory framework are on their websites awaiting public comment by June 19, 2017.…
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Tags: Agriculture, APHIS, Biotechnology, Coordinated Framework, Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff, Food, Genetically Engineered, GMO, National Academy of Sciences, , Regulation, Rulemaking, Trump, Trump Administration
FDA is again extending the compliance date for menu labeling – just days before the regulatory requirements of § 101.11 were to have become effective. On May 4, 2017, the agency will publish an interim final rule that extends the compliance date f…
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Tags: Calorie, , Compliance Date, Food, Food Law, Law Firm, Lawyer, , , Michael J. O'Flaherty, Restaurant, Rulemaking, Trump Administration
There has been a great deal of discussion, and in some circles hand-wringing, about President Trump’s regulatory reform initiatives and how they will impact independent agencies like the CPSC. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)…
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Tags: Active Injury Mitigation, Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, Injury, Nancy Nord, Neomi Rao, OIRA, Regulation, Rulemaking, Saw, Table Saw
Egg cartons in the United States are not required by federal regulations to bear labels which identify the living conditions of the hens. Two animal rights non-profit organizations and six individuals sought to change that by filing petitions with fo…
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Tags: AMS, Cage-Free, Egg, Egg Carton, Egg Products Inspection Act, Food, Free-Range, FSIS, FTC, Hen, Label, Ninth Circuit, Rulemaking, Salmonella, Shell Egg, Stewart D. Fried
Views expressed in this post are intended as solely those of the author. Nothing is more boring than the Federal notice-and-comment rulemaking process under the Federal Administrative Procedures Act (APA). It is dry, obscure, and complex. Trust me, I…
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A memorandum from the President’s Chief of Staff, dated Friday, January 20, but released this afternoon via the Federal Register, directs all departmental and agency heads to forestall regulatory actions. Previous administrations, including the…
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Tags: David L. Durkin, Federal Register, Final Rule, Guidance, OMB, President Trump, Proposed Rule, Regulation, Regulatory Freeze, Rulemaking, Trump Administration
Happy 2017, everyone! 2016 has come and gone. Looking at 2016 in my rear-view mirror, here are a few matters that caught my personal attention. As food and drug lawyers and corporate execs in regulated companies know (or definitely should know!), ind…
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Tags: 2016, 21st Century Cures Act, Agriculture, Animal Drug, Arthur Y. Tsien, Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, Congress, Drug, Election Day, Feed, Feinstein Institute, Food, Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, FSIS, Genetically Engineered, Guidance, HIPAA, Law Firm, Lawyer, Mecadox, Medical Privacy, Misbranded Drug, Nutrition Facts, OFW Law, Park Doctrine, Rulemaking, Salmon, Sodium
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced last week a new final rule that purportedly “clarifies an employer’s continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness.&#…
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Tags: Elliot Belilos, Labor Department, Law Firm, Lawyer, Litigation, OSHA, OSHA 300, Recordkeeping, Rulemaking, Trump Administration, Volks
Consumer Product manufacturers that offer warranties should take note of new options available to them under the E-Warranty Act of 2015 (S. 1359, 114th Cong. § 3 (2015)), signed into law by President Obama on September 24, 2015. The new law amends t…
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By former CPSC Commissioner Nancy Nord, as published on The Hill’s Congress Blog The legislative agenda of the 114th Congress shows a growing concern that regulatory activities of both independent and executive branch agencies have pushed the e…
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