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Hand Washing: A Simple Step

By Barbara J. Masters, D.V.M. How many of you have ever sat in a public location, such as the airport,...

Clearing Up Confusion: The Net Quantity of Contents Declaration on Food Labels

By Robert A. Hahn The FDA’s food labeling regulations include some traps for the unwary. A few of those traps...

Recapping Round 1 of the Vermont GMO-Labeling Lawsuit

By John G. Dillard Millions across the globe tuned into this weekend’s Mayweather-Pacquiao bout, which was billed as “the fight...

Food Defense Plans

By Barbara J. Masters, D.V.M. One of the goals of the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s Strategic Plan is to...

FDA Provides Another Guidance Concerning FDA’s Use of Foreign Study Data

By Mason Weeda FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (“CDRH”) and Center Biologics Evaluation and Research (“CBER”) recently published...

Warning Letters Update

This past week FDA made a number of Warning Letters available on its website, with issues ranging from Juice HACCP...

Food Facility Registration Rules To Be Updated by FDA

FDA has published a proposed rule that would amend and update its regulatory requirements governing registration of food facilities. The...

FDA DRAFT Guidance: “Ensuring Safety of Animal Feed Maintained and Fed On-Farm”

In earlier blogs, I have mentioned having horses and other animals while growing up on a small farm. Even now,...

Regulatory Round-Up Newsletter, Spring 2015

On behalf of the Agriculture practice group at OFW Law, here is a copy of our Spring newsletter. We hope...

Tonight: Global Child Nutrition Foundation Honors USDA Secretary Vilsack

Please join the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) and its partners in honoring Secretary Vilsack for his remarkable achievements in...

2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report Mixes Science and Policy

The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) submitted its report to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services...

The Vilsapp: Secretary Vilsack’s High Tech Solution to Labeling

By Marshall L. Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse The March edition of the National Geographic Magazine, in its cover story...

Webinar: Drug Supply Chain Security Act Overview for Dispensers

On April 21, OFW Law’s Tish Eggleston Pahl will participate in a webinar being held by the Healthcare Distribution Management...

Dietary Guidelines – Confused About Caffeine

The news wires have been buzzing lately about the recently released scientific report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. One...

Who Regulates the Advertising of Your App?

We have blogged and hosted numerous webinars on FDA regulation of mobile medical apps (see here, here, here, here and...

No Horsing Around – Nevada Federal Judge Dismisses Burro Suit Against Interior Dept.

The serious environmental problems caused by unchecked wild horse populations on western rangelands are well known to state and local...

So Which USDA Regulations Would You Like to Change?

We know that people often disagree with any number of the different regulations that have been put in place for...

Trade is Critical to Rural America; Agriculture is Key to TPA

Trade policy may present an opportunity for the Obama Administration and the Congress to work together in a bipartisan manner...

The Drones are Coming! FAA Releases Proposed Rule on Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Mention the word “drone” and most people think of our nation’s military activities in the Middle East. However, over the...

GM Opponents are Science Deniers

Climate change is real and GM technology is safe, but those in denial want to undermine the public understanding of...

Privacy Update: White House Drops Draft Consumer Privacy Bill . . . Splat!

The White House (via the Department of Commerce) has released a “discussion draft” of consumer privacy legislation intended to codify...

OFW Law Launches FDA DevicEd Training Initiative

OFW Law is proud to announce the launch of its FDA DevicEd Training Initiative. The initiative is devoted to providing...

John Block: Chickens and Eggs

The State of California has a reputation for leading in many ways – especially in the area of government regulations....

FDA Announces National Kick-Off Meeting on FSMA Implementation

FDA will hold a “National Kick-Off Meeting on Implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)” on April 23-24, 2015,...