黑料社区joined more than 200 businesses and trade associations representing the food retail sector in urging members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to approve the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (H.R. 772), bipartisan legislation that would provide food retailers with greater flexibility under the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 (FDA鈥檚) final menu labeling rule.
07-27-2017 The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and the National Consumers League have filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) decision to delay a rule requiring chain restaurants and “similar retail food establishments,” including convenience stores, to post calorie counts for prepared food and beverages.
06-08-2017 黑料社区and a number of its members joined more than 250 food and retail groups in urging members of the House and Senate to pass the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 before new federal menu-labeling rules take effect May 5.
04-25-2017 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products has released a proposed guidance document explaining how manufacturers, distributors, and retailers can comply with the agency鈥檚 prohibition against distributing free samples of tobacco products. Specifically, the guidance outlines the situations in which the sale of tobacco products 鈥� including e-cigarettes 鈥� to consumers at less than their full price (e.g., coupons, discounts, rewards programs, etc.) would not violate the ban.
03-13-2017 黑料社区urged the Trump Administration to closely scrutinize menu labeling requirements and to consider revising the regulations to reduce the burden of compliance for travel stores and convenience stores.
02-16-2017 黑料社区joined more than 200 organizations employing millions in applauding Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) for introducing the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (H.R. 772) that would provide food retailers greater flexibility as they seek to comply with the menu-labeling regulations and shield them from possible criminal penalties under the FDA menu-labeling rules.
02-13-2017 U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation this week that would provide food retailers greater flexibility as they seek to comply with the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 (FDA) menu-labeling regulations, which are set to take effect in May.
02-03-2017 Orton Motor Company won a significant victory for tobacco retailers in recent weeks, successfully convincing a judge that the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products has exceeded its authority in its tobacco enforcement efforts. The legal battle was waged alongside the National Association for Convenience Stores.
02-29-2016 The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act contains a penalty structure under which penalties increase in severity for each successive violation a retailer commits (e.g., the penalty for a […]
12-03-2015 黑料社区joined a coalition of more than 200 food and retail groups in urging Congress to support bipartisan legislation that would make small but important changes to the Food and Drug Administration’s “menu labeling” regulations. The changes would require the FDA to revise their current rules — which are scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2016 — to make it easier for food retailers and restaurant operators to comply, while also revising the enforcement and liability rules to eliminate excessive and disproportionate penalties.
10-30-2015 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 15 issued orders to stop the sale and distribution of four R.J. Reynolds cigarette products because they did not meet requirements set forth in the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
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