The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) missed its February deadline for issuing a menu-labeling law nearly a year after conceding that writing the new rule posed significant challenges.
03-04-2014 Retailers must remove four tobacco products made by Jash International from store shelves after the Food and Drug Administration ordered a halt in their sale and distribution.
02-25-2014 September 1 marks the start of We Card Awareness Month. We Card is urging retailers throughout the month to train or re-train employees about the FDA regulations and state and local compliance laws concerning youth access to tobacco and alcohol.
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04-11-2013 Writing a new menu labeling law has gotten “extremely thorny,” according to the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the agency tries to figure out who should be covered by it.
03-18-2013 The federal government last week formally asked for a full court review of the U.S. Court of Appeals decision that struck down the FDA’s graphic labeling requirements for cigarette packages.
10-15-2012 U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) last week introduced S. 3574, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012.
09-24-2012 U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the law requiring the graphic health warnings.
09-10-2012 Retailers with roll-your-own (RYO) cigarette machines soon will be subject to the same federal tax and regulatory requirements as tobacco manufacturers.
08-27-2012 Rep. John Carter (R) introduced the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012, which would allow more flexibility for retailers as they seek to comply with the FDA’s regulations regarding calorie labeling on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, other food retail establishments, and on vending machines.
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