The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has determined that current dietary exposures to acrylamide are not of concern with respect to non-neoplastic effects, however, there may be concern for neoplastic effects based on animal evidence. These findings are part of a scientific opinion on acrylamide in food, published on June 4, 2015, by the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) in response to a request from the European Commission.

Keller and Heckman LLP has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year in Chambers USA for outstanding legal work at the nationwide level in the area of Food and Beverages: Regulatory and Litigation. The 2015 ranking reflects Keller and Heckman's continued climb in the Chambers guide, moving from band 2 to band 1.

A comment made by one of the sources that Chambers interviewed in determining the rankings was: "[Keller and Heckman is] so unique. They have PhDs and toxicologists—people who understand the entire technical nexus—and then they have the legal resources, too."

The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 (H.R.1599), introduced in the U.S. House on March 25, proposes to create a uniform, national system governing the premarket review and labeling of foods with genetically modified (GM) ingredients. This would be accomplished by giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sole authority to require mandatory labeling on such foods if they are ever found to be unsafe or materially different from foods produced without GM ingredients.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has launched an initiative to "advance the procedures used to assess the safety of ingredients used in food products," which focuses on generally recognized as safe (GRAS) ingredients. The initiative has five parts:

On Election Day, California voters will be asked to decide whether to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) food sold in California. The GE labeling initiative will appear on the ballot as Proposition 37. If successful, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act (the Act) will require clear and conspicuous labeling on GE food.