3/26/2025 8:00:34 PM FDA Announces Online Tool to Access Consolidated Contaminant List in Food By David Crass The day before the Senate confirmed this week's new FDA Chair, Dr. Marty Makary, the Agency released a searchable, online tool of a...
3/18/2025 1:00:09 PM Strengthening Your Business Through Effective Corporate Governance By Adam Witkov Proper corporate governance isn't just a legal formality—it's essential for sustainable growth, risk management, and maintaining...
3/5/2025 3:00:04 PM 3 Critical Legal Tasks Your Growing Business Needs to Complete By Friday By Adam Witkov As your business scales, certain legal frameworks that once served you well may now create unexpected vulnerabilities. Here are three...
3/4/2025 7:51:13 PM SCOTUS Vacates "End-Result" Requirements from NPDES Permits By David Crass On March 4, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision (linked below) in the City and County of San Francisco v. EPA case...
2/26/2025 9:56:18 PM USDA Announces 5-Step Plan to Respond to Avian Influenza By David Crass In just her second week on the job, recently confirmed USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced today a five-pronged strategy and a $1...
2/20/2025 8:00:03 PM Domestic Fluid Milk Gains First in 15 Years and Cheese Exports Bounce in 2024 By David Crass There are some positive signs from 2024 for the dairy industry moving forward, although headwinds are ever-present, particularly as trade...
2/20/2025 3:32:29 PM H5N1 in Dairy Update - New Strain; Raw Milk Testing By David Crass I haven't posted on this topic in a while because it seems like the situation changes almost daily. But here is the latest. This month, a...
2/18/2025 3:00:12 PM Science does not agree on how alcohol affects your health. By Paul Benson The science is clear that heavy drinking is bad for you. It raises the risk for many conditions including heart and liver disease and...
2/17/2025 3:51:11 PM What will RFK, Jr. do now that the DGAC punted on ultra processed foods? By Paul Benson I've been posting a lot about ultra processed foods (UPF) and how they might be treated in the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines. A couple...
2/17/2025 3:50:17 PM Expect these food and beverage trends to compete for your attention in 2025. By Paul Benson I read articles about industry “trends” with skepticism. Because I aways ask myself whether what is being written about is actually a...
1/22/2025 4:59:54 PM The Proliferation of Frivolous ADA Website Compliance Lawsuits: A Defense Perspective By Katie Fillmore In recent years, an alarming trend has emerged in the legal landscape: the filing of mass lawsuits alleging violations of the Americans...
1/21/2025 9:46:26 PM Nobody seems to be happy with FDA's front-of-pack labelling proposal. Why? By Paul Benson I've done a lot of posting in the past about food and beverage labels. The upshot of my messages has generally been that nobody seems to...