FDLI’s annual Food Week Conference brought together more than 200 food law and regulation professionals for the unique opportunity to network, learn and discuss current legal, regulatory and ...read more
The final day of FDLI’s Food Week program began with a first-of-its-kind address from five of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) six regional directors. Joining the conference by ...read more
The Perils of Publishing… FDLI is a rare organization in Washington, DC: a non-profit organization that does not engage—at all—in advocacy activities. We could engage in a limite...read more
You’re probably reading this column as you make plans (I hope) to attend FDLI’s 55th Annual Conference. At the Annual Conference, you’ll be able to attend a wide variety of plena...read more
In 1984, a group intentionally contaminated salad bars in Oregon with S typhimurium, a strain of salmonella, in order to incapacitate enough local voters to sway an election.1 A decade later, a Mic...read more
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) signed into law on January 4, 2011 was the first major overhaul of the Food and Drug Administration’s food safety authority since 1938. Besides giving...read more
Introduction Dietary supplements are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pursuant to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. While DSHEA outlines specific c...read more
In 2009, Congress instructed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Department of Agriculture to submit a report to Congre...read more
In the last several years, front-of-package (FOP) labeling systems have come under scrutiny by both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and public health advocates. These systems, which are ubiq...read more
In July 2011, seventeen years after the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 passed, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its long-anticipated Draft Guidance for Ind...read more