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EPA Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule Begins Circulating: Proposal Applies To Dietary Supplements, 503B Outsourcing Facilities, And Any OTC Retailers
On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that its Administrator signed the proposed rule: Management Standards for Hazardous Waste...
National Forests on the Brink
By Marshall Matz and Bill Imbergamo, as published in Agri-Pulse It’s another hot, dry summer, and another several million acres...
OFW’s Bruce Silverglade to Participate at FDLI Food Advertising and Litigation Conference
OFW Law’s Bruce Silverglade will be a featured speaker at that Food and Drug Law Institute’s annual “Food Advertising and...
The Dietary Guidelines and Moderate Alcohol Consumption
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have an opportunity to...
The Agriculture Biotechnology Riddle
The debate over agriculture biotechnology (aka genetic engineering (GE), genetic modification (GM), and GM organisms (GMOs)) was front and center...
Inclusion in the TPP May Come at a Cost for Canada
As President Obama signed Trade Promotion Authority into law, he removed a major stumbling block to completion of the Trans-Pacific...
House to Vote on GMO-Labeling Preemption Bill Tomorrow
On Thursday, the full U.S. House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 1599, which is officially titled “The Safe and...
Regulatory Round-Up Newsletter, Summer 2015
On behalf of the Agriculture practice group at OFW Law, following is a copy of our Summer newsletter. We hope...
John Block Reports: Let’s Keep A Strong Alcohol Section in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines
OFW Law founding principal Richard L. Frank fills in for former USDA Secretary John R. Block: Today’s Quiz: What has...
Privacy Update: Refill Reminders Expressly Permitted In California – The State Finally Catches Up to the Feds
Although HIPAA-compliant sponsored “refill reminders” have always been legally permissible for a host of treatments under California’s Confidentiality of Medical...