Two Gravel & Shea colleagues and I presented seminars last week at the Vermont Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting in Lake Morey. Navah Spero and Livia DeMarchis presented Probate 101. The session, intended to provide a broad overview of the Vermont probate court, was …
FDA Breaking News
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottleib has just announced that he is resigning from his post. He expects to be out the door within a month. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/05/fda-commissioner-scott-gottlieb-is-resigning.html We can only speculate about his replacement, but could it be 54-year old Frank M. …
Romainageddon: How Blockchain Could Have Stopped the Romaine Crisis
2018 was a bad year for lettuce. On January 10, 2018 the CDC reported that a 2017 E. coli outbreak “likely related to” unidentified “leafy greens” had ended. The multi-state outbreak involving infections in 15 U.S. states and five Canadian …
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How the Partial Government Shutdown Affects the Food and Beverage Industry
As the federal government shutdown marches through its third week, many regulated businesses are evaluating how they might navigate the closures in the short and the longer terms. Read on for some of the ways the government shutdown is affecting …
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Breaking News: Donald Trump May Overhaul Food Safety Oversight, Moving it Away From FDA
From LexisNexis Law 360: Trump Floats Moving All Food Safety Oversight To USDA Share us on: By Emily Field Law360 (June 21, 2018, 7:41 PM EDT) — The Trump administration on Thursday proposed eliminating the U.S. Food and Drug …
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FDA May (update: Not) Require Maple Syrup To Be Labeled “Added Sugars”
UPDATED June 20, 2018 In response to more than 3000 comments from the maple and honey industries, the FDA is reconsidering whether it will require producers of pure maple syrup and pure honey to break out “added sugars” on their …
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FSMA Preventive Controls Readiness Checklist
Are you ready for the FDA inspection? The Food Safety Modernization Act has been in place since 2011, but it took some time for the FDA to implement the rules. Now that many compliance deadlines have passed (see here for …
Warning Letter Triggers in 2018
When preparing for FSMA inspections, my checklist will help you, and no one preparation can be said to be more important than another . . . other than, perhaps, records, records, RECORDS. Did I mention records? Did you make a …
USDA Has Released the Draft GMO (Bioengineered Food) Rule for Comments
As a food and beverage producer, you already know that the regulations governing your business can be a little…complex. The USDA’s draft GMO regulations are no exception, so this is a lengthy update. The quick and dirty is that comments …
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Vermont’s First Dedicated Food and Beverage Lawyer
"First we eat, then we do everything else.” - MFK Fisher
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