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8/5/2025 2:41:39 PM

The State of Dairy 2025: "Momentum through Turbulence"

By David Crass

Ok, ok, you probably get it by now if you have been reading my recent posts on this topic! Things are, for the most part, going well in...

8/4/2025 4:55:44 PM

Creatine is the next big thing in food and beverage. Here's why.

By Paul Benson

Full disclosure, I've been supplementing with creatine for nearly two decades. I was initially reluctant to do so because I was led to...

7/29/2025 7:39:53 PM

UK to ban sale of energy drinks to children under 16. Will the US follow suit?

By Paul Benson

The United Kingdom has published a 10 Year Health Plan that pledges to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16....

7/29/2025 7:37:57 PM

Will the EU's new Product Liability Directive result in an expanded definition of "product" here at home?

By Paul Benson

European Union member states have until December 9, 2026, to implement a new Product Liability Directive into law. The Directive is a...

7/25/2025 9:05:46 PM

Trump Trade 2.0: Solar Tariff Burden Set to Increase as Department of Commerce Launches a Section 232 Investigation into Polysilicon

By Orrie Walsvik

On June 1, 2025, the Department of Commerce initiated an investigation into imports of Polysilicon under Section 232 of the Trade...

7/24/2025 6:50:25 PM

Joint RFI Issued for "Ultraprocessed" Definition

By David Crass

Yesterday, President Trump said he didn't like the term “artificial” in “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) because AI is “not artificial,...

7/2/2025 7:00:56 PM

FDA Announces 2025 Food Guidance Plan

By David Crass

As we said goodbye to June, we said hello to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) updated plan for food guidance for the remainder of...

6/23/2025 4:28:49 PM

Two corporate executives get 3 years in prison in landmark CPSC prosecution.

By Paul Benson

I work with a lot of manufacturers whose products fall under the jurisdiction of the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC). I am...

6/18/2025 6:12:29 PM

Did I read this right? A favorable food and beverage Proposition 65 decision from a California court?

By Paul Benson

Most companies I work with who do business in California have little good to say about California's Proposition 65 law. It requires...

6/3/2025 12:17:11 AM

The FDA has redefined what it means for a food product to be called "healthy." Here's what that means for you.

By Paul Benson

I was in my fourth year of practice as a food and beverage lawyer in 1994. That was the last time FDA defined what qualifies as a...

4/22/2025 4:48:43 PM

Got Brownfield?

By David Crass

We can help. Our environmental and real estate team just closed on the transfer of an underutilized contaminated former industrial...

4/17/2025 4:26:15 PM

Opportunity to Suggest Changes to Federal Regulations

By Todd Palmer

Do you have a regulation that you think should be changed or rescinded? Well, now is your chance to formally make that request. The...

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The State of Dairy 2025: "Momentum through Turbulence"

Creatine is the next big thing in food and beverage. Here's why.

UK to ban sale of energy drinks to children under 16. Will the US follow suit?

Will the EU's new Product Liability Directive result in an expanded definition of "product" here at home?

Trump Trade 2.0: Solar Tariff Burden Set to Increase as Department of Commerce Launches a Section 232 Investigation into Polysilicon

Joint RFI Issued for "Ultraprocessed" Definition

FDA Announces 2025 Food Guidance Plan

Two corporate executives get 3 years in prison in landmark CPSC prosecution.

Did I read this right? A favorable food and beverage Proposition 65 decision from a California court?

The FDA has redefined what it means for a food product to be called "healthy." Here's what that means for you.

Got Brownfield?

Opportunity to Suggest Changes to Federal Regulations