Environmentalists challenging FDA's approval of AquaBounty Technologies' genetically engineered salmon are urging a federal appeals court to force the agency to turn over additional documents related to its decision.

The Trump administration has asked the court to dismiss a challenge to its one-year menu labeling delay, saying it’s too early for consumer groups to litigate the case while FDA decides whether to modify or revoke the compliance date extension.

After FDA changed the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) levels for calcium last year, juice makers ended up in a bind as they would have to boost fortified juice products with too much calcium, potentially affecting their taste.

A coalition of major food and agriculture industry groups is urging the Trump administration to ensure USDA meets its July 2018 statutory deadline to complete federal GMO disclosure rules.

As the Aug. 21 target date for New York City’s menu labeling requirements draws near, the legal battle over the measure continues to escalate.

In a move being hailed by U.S. dairy food processors, FDA says it plans to use enforcement discretion on the use and labeling of ultrafiltered (UF) milk or UF nonfat milk in the production of standardized cheeses and related cheese products until the agency completes rulemaking on the issue.

A Florida resident says her class action lawsuit challenging Chipotle's claims its menu is "non-GMO" should be revived because the company duped her and others into purchasing food made from animals that consumed genetically engineered feed.

EU Member States have unanimously backed a call to reduce the advertisement and sponsorship of sugary and fatty foods targeted at children and adolescents, in conclusions adopted at the June 16 Health Council.

Cheese maker Sargento Foods is the latest food manufacturer to be served with a class action lawsuit that argues products made from animals fed GMOs cannot be labeled "natural."

Elanco has reacted strongly to a U.S. advertising campaign by Arla Foods, Inc. that it claims misleads consumers on the safety of one of its dairy products.

Mott's is the latest food company to be targeted with a false advertising lawsuit related to use of the term "natural" on food product labels.

New Jersey-based soup manufacturer Tabatchnick Fine Foods has been served with a false advertising lawsuit that alleges it is misleading consumers by labeling products that contain GMOs as "all-natural." The complaint adds to a growing list of litigation that stems from both the FDA's reluctance to formally define "natural" claims and consumer wariness of foods made with genetically engineered ingredients.

FDA on Friday (Aug. 11) sent two proposed rules to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – one to extend the compliance timeframe for the agricultural water standards established by the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Produce Safety rule, and the other to provide new details on a health claim for soy protein.

FDA is considering a petition submitted by Unilever asking the agency to allow heart health claims for certain vegetable oils, the agency said in an interim response letter to the company posted Tuesday (Aug. 8).

Kind LLC has asked a federal judge not to lift a stay on a complaint that alleges the company has deceived consumers by using "all natural" on its snack food product labels, disputing the plaintiffs' assertion that FDA's attempt to define “natural” has stalled under the Trump administration.

Food companies and restaurants can now make health claims linking consumption of soybean oil to reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), according to Bunge North America, the leading soybean oil producer in the United States.

Nearly two years after receiving a petition, FDA says it will exercise enforcement discretion in allowing macadamia nuts to use a qualified health claim linking consumption of the nuts to a reduced risk of coronary heart disease.

The European Commission has formally rejected a stack of health claims following negative opinions from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

A study of retail beef, pork, chicken and turkey sausages sold in Canada found that 20% of samples were mislabeled as containing only a single species of meat when they contained other undeclared species. The mislabeling of meat can pose food safety risks, the study warned.

After Canada recently identified its first national outbreak of non-O157 Shiga toxin–producing E. coli infections linked to flour, a new report recommends public health officials do a better job of communicating risks associated with handling and eating raw flour in public health messaging.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) recently proposed a change to a marketing order for hazelnuts to include pathogen protection, which the agency says would help industry comply with FDA food safety guidelines under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is renegotiated, improvements to Geographical Indications (GIs) and Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) protections, along with a mutual agreement on biotechnology, were high on the list of the agriculture industry at a Wednesday (July 26) congressional hearing.

The EU and China are hoping to protect 100 of each other’s agri-food products through a deal on Geographical Indications (GIs) to be concluded by the end of the year.

A new report on intellectual property by the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) highlights the EU’s “abuse” of geographical indications (GIs) that threatens U.S. companies and outlines how the Trump administration plans to tackle this problem.