The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule amending its food additive regulations (21 C.F.R. §170.105 and §170.102) to provide additional reasons that may be the basis for the Agency to determine that a Food Contact Notification (FCN) is no longer effective and to provide the manufacturer or supplier of the substance an opportunity to provide input before it makes such a determination. 

The California Department of Resources and Recovery (CalRecycle) has begun formal rulemaking activities related to regulations under the SB 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act.

Following California’s passage of AB 418, which will ban the manufacture, sale, and distribution of food products that contain brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, and red dye #3 beginning in 2027, Illinois and New York have also introduced bills that would ban certain food ingredients.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the Agency has updated its “List of Select Chemicals in the Food Supply Under FDA Review” to include more information about its post-market assessment of chemicals in the food supply.

If a post-consumer resin (PCR) is used to produce polyethylene (PE) resin for use in food-contact articles, what are the regulations/requirements...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added three new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below.

How does a foreign company register for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration certificate and what are the required documents?

Identical bills, SB-1035 and AB-2236, that would only allow stores to provide 100% recycled paper bags or reusable grocery bags not made from plastic film material beginning in 2026, were introduced in the California Senate and Assembly on February 8, 2024. Current law prohibits stores from providing most single-use carryout bags.

Save the date for Keller and Heckman’s annual program, 2024 Fall Practical Primer on Pesticides, taking place on September 26 - 27, 2024, in Arlington, VA! This comprehensive course on the regulation of pesticides is designed and presented by the attorneys and scientists of Keller and Heckman, who will discuss pesticide regulation at the federal and state levels and from the legal and scientific perspectives.