The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) recently released its competed Scientific Advisory Report, which will serve as the basis of the recommendations in the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is due to be released by December 2020. This memorandum summarizes several of the major takeaways from the DGAC’s Scientific Advisory Report. The DGAC findings can be valuable to food marketers in gaining an understanding of the scientific literature underscoring various diet and health relationships. In some cases, the DGAC Scientific Adv ..read more

On August 4, 2020, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65), proposed to adopt a new regulation that would significantly change the warning requirements for listed chemicals formed by the cooking or heat processing of foods. The proposed regulation would provide that intake of such chemicals does not represent an exposure for the purposes of Prop 65 if the concentrations are reduced to the lowest level currently feasible using appropriate quality control measures. The proposal would establish maximum con ..read more

Hogan Lovells is changing how we deliver our food law and policy content. On August 17 we will be moving the A Seat at the Table blog to a new technology platform: Hogan Lovells Engage. You’ll soon receive an email with details on how to join us on Engage to continue to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in food law and policy. We look forward to seeing you there ..read more

On July 31st 2020, the Interinstitutional Accord between the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Health, through the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) and the Consumer Protection Federal Bureau (PROFECO) regarding the surveillance activities of the Amendment to the Modification of the Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, was published on the Federal Official Gazette. The Interinstitutional Accord mainly provides the following: Non-sanction- From August 1st until November 30th, 2020, manufacturers, importers or marketers will not be s ..read more

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments on recommendations to update the List of Bioengineered Foods (List) under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS). AMS seeks comment on four issues: (1) whether it should add insect-resistant sugarcane to the List; (2) whether it should add the modifier “virus-resistant” to summer squash, which already is on the List; (3) whether additional information is available to support adding cowpea or golden rice to the List; and (4) whether AMS should consider adding any other foo ..read more

The CDC recently released updated its guidance on the criteria for determining when a worker diagnosed with COVID-19 may return to work. The interim guidance, Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 Not in Healthcare Settings (July 20, 2020), is focused on when individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 may end home isolation. It is also incorporated into CDC’s guidance for food companies managing return-to-work requirements for employees and contractors. Click here to read more.  ..read more

On July 15, 2020, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board passed first-in-the-nation codified emergency temporary standards (the Standards) establishing requirements for employers to control, prevent, and mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the workplace. The Standards were issued at the direction of the Governor to create enforceable regulations. With these Standards, the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) Program will enforce requirements similar in many ways to guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Occupational Safety and ..read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that routine inspections of small businesses to verify compliance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Intentional Adulteration (IA) rule will begin in March 2021. The IA rule requires food facilities covered by the rule to develop and implement a food defense plan that identifies significant vulnerabilities at actionable process steps and implements mitigation strategies to address those vulnerabilities. Click here to read more.  ..read more

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