Federal Court Dismisses Claims that SoBe Lifewater Beverage Labels Violated...
A federal court in Los Angeles, California dismissed claims that a subsidiary of PepsiCo. violated a variety of California laws and the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (“MMWA”) by misrepresenting...
View ArticleU.S. FDA Declines to Authorize Use of “Corn Sugar” to Refer to High Fructose...
On May 30, 2012, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) denied a petition filed by the Corn Refiners Association to authorize the use of “corn sugar” as an alternate common or usual name for...
View ArticleUS Health & Human Services Gives FDA Authority To Investigate Misleading...
In a notice published yesterday in the Federal Register, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services delegated to the Food and Drug Administration authority “[t]o determine that...
View ArticleFTC: Minor Drug Changes To Prolong Monopoly May Violate Antitrust Law
On November 21, 2012, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania an amicus brief contending that minor, non-therapeutic changes to...
View ArticleMontana House Passes Roadkill Dining Bill
On February 11, 2013, by a vote of 99 in favor and 1 against, the Montana House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow law enforcement officers in the state to issue permits authorizing the...
View ArticleDC Circuit Upholds USDA Country-of-Origin Rule for Meat Labels
In American Meat Institute, Inc. v. United States Department of Agriculture, No. 13-5281 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 28, 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected industry...
View ArticleCriminal Convictions in Salmonella Case
A U.S. federal jury convicted three former food company executives of several crimes relating to a 2008-09 outbreak of Salmonella infections resulting from the production and distribution of...
View ArticleLouisiana Seeks Fed Help to Get Generic Hep C Drugs
Louisiana’s Secretary of Health, Dr. Rebekah Gee, is attempting to persuade politicians to © Brian Hoskins support the use of 28 USC § 1498, a federal statute that allows the federal government...
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