Food and Beverages : Personal Injury

Food and Beverages

Guidance for Submitting Requests under 21 CFR 170.39 Threshold of Regulation for Substances used in Food Contact Articles
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel

Guide which lists the information that should be submitted to FDA when requesting that the agency review a specific use of a food contact article to determine whether its components will require regulation as a food additive.
Misstatements Concerning Employment Practices Not Material
Rosenman & Colin LLP

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed an award of summary judgment in favor of de.
Obesity Litigation -- The Next "Tobacco"?
Kenneth J. Parsigian and U. Gwyn Williams of Goodwin Procter LLP

As obesity rates in the United States continue to rise, self-styled consumer rights activists are turning their attention to the manufacturing and marketing practices of the food industry and considering whether litigation can be used to change those practices. Spearheading this effort are two well-known anti-tobacco activists, Professor John Banzhaf of George Washington University's School of Law and Professor Richard Daynard of Northeastern University's School of Law. This course of action presents a litigation risk for many companies involved in the food industry.