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New lawsuits filed: “natural” orange juice, mislabeled butter, city vs. state in trans fat dispute, lack of FDA action on nanotechnology petition

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 13 2012

Putative class actions have been filed in New Jersey and California federal courts against Tropicana Products, Inc., alleging that the company misleads consumers by labeling and marketing its orange juice as “100 pure and natural,” when it actually “undergoes extensive processing which includes the addition of aromas and flavors.”

EPA approves new pesticide fenpyrazamine

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unconditionally approved the antifungal agent fenpyrazamine under the Federal Insecticide

JPML consolidates Wesson Oil actions before multidistrict litigation court

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 14 2011

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has consolidated six actions questioning the “100 Natural” claims for Wesson oil products before a multidistrict litigation (MDL) court in California

EC to restrict neonicotinoids in bid to protect bees

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

Although a recent proposal to restrict the use of three neonicotinoids failed to gain support from the qualified majority of member states on an

OEHHA finalizes Prop. 65 listings for ethanol in alcoholic beverages, salted fish

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2011

California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently finalized its decision to add ethanol in alcoholic beverages and Chinese-style salted fish to the state's list of carcinogenic chemicals

CalEPA report identifies “safe harbor” levels for Prop. 65 chemicals

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 29 2012

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s (Cal EPA’s) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHH A) has issued a report listing the chemicals and substances the agency plans to prioritize by setting “safe harbor” levels under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop. 65

Testing lab owner sentenced to prison for falsifying results

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2012

The owner of an environmental testing laboratory in Douglassville, Pennsylvania, has reportedly been sentenced by a federal court to nine months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that resulted in reporting false water test results

Industry groups challenge EPA’s SNUR for automotive refrigerant

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 14 2011

The Automotive Refrigeration Products Institute and Automotive Aftermarket Association have reportedly challenged an EPA significant new use rule (SNUR) under TSCA, which rule places restrictions on the refrigerant known as HFO- 1234yf

USDA announces partial deregulation of bioengineered sugar beets

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2011

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it will partially deregulate bioengineered sugar beets

Most plastic products alleged to release estrogenic chemicals

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 4 2011

A recent study of commercially available plastic products has reportedly claimed that "almost all" those sampled leached chemicals having reliably detectable estrogenic activity (EA