The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 24 issued marketing denial orders to JUUL Labs Inc. for all their products currently marketed in the United States, effectively banning […]
06-24-2022The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended the comment period to 90 days on proposed product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing […]
06-17-2022Simran Grewal and Arjun Khosa joined the podcast to share about the Refresh Travel Plazas, from its innovative food program to professional driver amenities.
05-11-2022ºÚÁÏÉçÇøjoined national retail associations Oct. 14 in urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to publish a list of ENDS products for which it has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs). The letter was sent in response to FDA’s Oct. 12 announcement that the Agency has authorized the marketing of three electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products. FDA has not released a detailed list of MDOs it has issued and without a publicly available list, retailers – including fuel marketers with convenience stores – do not know which products are illegal for them to sell.
10-15-2021ºÚÁÏÉçÇøon Sept. 10 along with a group of national retail associations urged the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) to publish a public list of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products […]
09-12-2021The effective date for new graphic health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements has once again been delayed. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a […]
08-26-2021The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated final rule on July 12 that delays the effective date for new graphic health warning requirements for cigarette packages and advertisements until July 13, 2022.
07-12-2021The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued a notice on June 30 to retailers authorized to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, formally known as food stamps, warning retailers against trafficking the benefits.
07-01-2021The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted on May 20 a list of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products for which it has received a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) by the Sept. 9, 2020, deadline. The list includes more than 6 million products.
05-20-2021COVID-19 has changed restaurant and food sales, and companies had to quickly adjust. Those offering self-serve food options have had to pivot in many areas of the country depending on […]
04-30-2021The chief executive of RaceTrac will testify today before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture that the convenience store industry plays a critical role in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program […]
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