At a U.S. Senate Appropriations hearing on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed FY2014 budget last week, Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) asked Commissioner Margaret Hamburg…
Calling electronic cigarettes a possible pathway to traditional cigarettes and other tobacco products, five U.S. senators are calling on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to issue “deeming regulations”…
Rep. DeLauro Speaks Out for Strong Safety Net in Farm BillU.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has urged her colleagues working on the Farm Bill to stop looking to the SNAP/Food…
U.S. Rep. Jim Moran has introduced a measure that would put a 5-cent tax on plastic and paper bags given out at all retail locations, including convenience stores. Fee revenue…
Tobacco retailers, suppliers, and other NATO Show attendees crowded the general session, eager to hear whether Mitch Zeller, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s newly appointed director of the Center…
A federal judge overseeing a pending $7.25-billion class-action settlement involving Visa and MasterCard ordered merchant trade groups opposed to the deal to show why they should not be held in…
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is closely watching the marketing of a growing number of caffeine-enhanced food products on the market and wants to know more about their…
U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced the Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act, legislation that would reduce illegal tobacco…
Facing the threat of a contempt of court charge, merchant groups opposed to the pending $7.25 billion class-action settlement involving Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. over interchange or “swipe” fees…
In March, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. All individuals hired for employment in the United States are required to complete…