by Emily Stone | Sep 30, 2025 | Alternative Proteins, Food Labeling, Poultry Products Inspection Act, Research Fellows, Truth in Labeling Law(suits)
Jakob Christopherson, Research Fellow “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium,” declared Winston Churchill in his 1931 essay, “Fifty Years Hence.”...
by Emily Stone | Aug 21, 2025 | Emily Stone, Food and Drug Administration, Food Foundations, Food Labeling, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it was revoking and proposing to revoke 52 food standards. The FDA has regulatory “standards of identity” (SOI) for certain foods to ensure that the “characteristics, ingredients, and...
by Emily Stone | Aug 5, 2025 | Ag & Food Law Update, Emily Stone, Food and Drug Administration, Food Foundations, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
In the first half of 2025, there have already been eight reported Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigations stemming from foodborne illness outbreaks. This is already a significant increase from the yearly total of ten investigations in 2024 and nine...
by Emily Stone | Jul 21, 2025 | Ag & Food Law Update, Emily Stone, Food and Nutrition Service, Nutrition Programs
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed an omnibus appropriations bill into law that funded the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2025. It has been informally referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” or “OBBBA.” This legislation passed...
by Emily Stone | Jul 15, 2025 | 'MAHA' Movement, Emily Stone, Food and Drug Administration, Food Labeling, Food Safety
Over the past month, Texas and Louisiana both enacted first-in-the-nation legislation that created specific labeling requirements for food products that contain certain ingredients. For both of these proposals, the food labeling provision was but one of a broad set of...
