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Protect against foodborne illness actions

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 3 2007

There has been a dramatic increase in recent years in the number of lawsuits against restaurants and hotels claiming that illnesses were caused by food served by those businesses

The continued assault on trans fats and spread of menu labeling requirements

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 21 2008

Responding to health concerns, state and local legislatures across the country have begun to ban the use of trans fats and mandate the disclosure of nutritional information at local restaurants

FDA issues terms for voluntary compliance with menu labeling regulations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice specifying the terms and conditions for voluntary compliance with section 4205 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which established nutritional labeling requirements for chain restaurants with more than 20 locations and vending machine operators with more than 20 machines

Food retailers face new calorie disclosure requirements

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2010

Despite all the publicity over the recently-passed health care legislation, one provision that was "tacked on" received little note but will clearly affect the vast majority of franchise restaurants and many other food retailers across the country

Food makers and chain restaurants improving product quality

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 28 2010

According to research recently conducted by Harvard's Medical School and School of Public Health in collaboration with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), food manufacturers and chain restaurants have responded to trans fat restrictions and bans by improving the quality of the foods rather than simply reverting to the use of saturated fats

Tufts study may spark new wave of litigation related to food industry underreporting of caloric content

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 12 2010

Tufts University published a new study in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association finding that several restaurant chains and packaged-food manufacturers are underreporting the caloric content of their products

FDA postpones enforcement of menu labeling requirements

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 24 2011

Five months after its release of a draft guidance regarding implementation of the federal menu labeling requirements set forth in Section 4205 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Act), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to withdraw the draft guidance and postpone the enforcement of the labeling requirements pending completion of the rulemaking under the Act

CPSC proposes new “public accommodations facility” definition for pools, spas

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 28 2010

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a new proposed interpretive rule that defines "public accommodations facility" under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act

Calling use of toys to market Happy Meals illegal, CSPI threatens lawsuit

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 25 2010

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has notified McDonald's Corp. that it intends to sue the company within 30 days if it does not immediately stop using toys to market its Happy Meals to young children

New calorie labeling law will apply to franchises

  • Larkin Hoffman
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2010

A major issue facing franchisors and franchisees alike has been the differing state requirements with regard to nutritional labeling of food products

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