International Regulatory Compliance

Representative experience

Advised the U.S. poultry industry during successful negotiation of a U.S.-Russia agreement on market access for U.S. chicken.

Convinced the Japanese government to conduct a science-based review of a proposed feed additive regulation and to not restrict imports of U.S. meat products treated with antibiotic feed additives.

Succeeded in persuading the U.S. International Trade Commission that imports of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada were not causing or threatening material injury to the U.S. industry.

Advise leading U.S. and international food companies on cutting-edge trade issues, including U.S. sugar and peanut quotas, dairy trade, U.S. imports of milk protein concentrate, biotechnology regulation, etc.

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FDA announces additional flexibility for new nutrition labeling requirements

21 September 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a recent Constituent Update that it is providing additional flexibility to food manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual...

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California update: OEHHA extends comment period

21 September 2020

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is extending the public comment period for its proposal that lays out what constitutes a Proposition 65 exposure...

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NOP issues proposed rule amending organic requirements to strengthen organic enforcement

18 September 2020

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) issued a proposed rule in early August that would amend the...

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FDA issues first injunction under Produce Safety Rule

17 September 2020

For the first time, FDA entered into a consent decree against a firm or grower for violations of the Produce Safety Rule.

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FSIS issues Proposed Rule to expand generic labeling approval

15 September 2020

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS or the agency) has issued a Proposed Rule to expand the circumstances in which FSIS will...

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National Academies release early draft framework for equitable COVID-19 vaccine allocation

03 September 2020

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released in draft form a report providing recommendations on how to prioritize access to a COVID-19 vaccine, once one is...

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