FDA Issues Notice on Regulation of Other Tobacco Products
The Food and Drug Administration has released its annual Regulatory Agenda, which states that the agency intends to issue a proposed rule to regulate other tobacco products (OTP) under the…
SNAP/Food Stamp Challenges
The SNAP/Food Stamp Program is the largest nutrition assistance program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The goal of the program is to alleviate hunger and malnutrition…by…
Pressure for Farm Bill Ahead
The recent fiscal cliff tax vote also extended the 2008 Farm Bill for another year, but leaves the need for a five-year farm bill unmet. “Our mantra was farm bill…
Swipe Fee Ruling Expected This Week
Several important new swipe fee developments are upon us. First, class counsel may begin sending out notices of the settlement to the approximately 8 million merchants in the class, perhaps…
Ohio Tapping Fracking’s Potential
New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania stand to become the next North Dakota with fracking, Stateline.org reports. Overall, the U.S. will likely rank first in the world for producing oil and…
Cordray Appointment Ruled Unconstitutional
The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled last week that President Obama’s January 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were unconstitutional, thereby throwing into doubt a significant…
SNAP’s Critical Role in Improving Health
A new brief from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)—SNAP and Public Health: The Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programin Improving the Health and Well-Being of Americans—walks readers…
EPA Proposes 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing the 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2). The proposal—announced last…
FDA Seeking Comments on Harsher Warning Labels on Smokeless Tobacco Packages
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is establishing a public docket to obtain comments, supported by scientific evidence, regarding what changes to smokeless tobacco product warnings, if any, “would…
Senate Democrats Take on Tobacco Taxes
Last week, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Tobacco Tax Equity Act (S.194), a bill that seeks to make taxes on pipe…