·       Assisting clients in developing lawful labels, claims, and marketing programs for their USDA and FDA-regulated products.

• Advising clients in preventing and responding to agency
  (FDA, USDA-FSIS, etc.) enforcement actions.  

• Assisting in the entire trademark process, including
  developing, filing, and maintaining trademarks with the USPTO, and in addition, assisting with trademark infringement issues.

• Handling general food safety and food recall situations, including assisting in communicating with the public and the agency to resolve potential issues and disputes.

• Counseling human food manufacturers, distributors,
  and retailers on compliance with the various Food Safety
  Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations, including Preventive Controls for Human Food, Sanitary Transport Rule, Prevention of Intentional Adulteration, and Produce Safety Rule.

• Assisting with Food Contact Notifications (FCN) and Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) designations for both human and animal foods. 

• Advising livestock and poultry feed and pet food manufacturers, distributors, and retailers on
  compliance with FDA regulations under FSMA.

• Counseling food manufacturers, distributors, and
  retailers on compliance with major USDA laws such as the Federal Meat Inspection Act, Poultry Products Inspection Act, Egg Products Inspection Act, and Packers and Stockyards Act.

• Assisting with Federal crop insurance, agriculture programs, cases before the National Appeals Division (NAD), arbitration/related litigation, and Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) filings and related matters. 

• Monitoring and advising on compliance issues related to
  Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) in food, food packaging, state additive bans, and agricultural water.

• Providing up-to-date advice on recent and emerging
  regulatory actions via timely memorandum and then drafting comments to the agency on FDA, USDA, EPA, FTC, and other agency rulemakings.  

• Supporting and educating clients on legal pathways regarding cannabis and cannabis derivatives.

• Assisting in organizing and providing various general
  counsel and outside legal counsel services to food and agriculture trade associations.

• Conducting regulatory due diligence reviews on
  FDA and USDA-related matters.

• Representing food industry clients at hearings, briefings,
  and meetings with FDA, USDA, OMB, and other administrative agencies.