Agency exercises its authority under the Tobacco Control Act to regulate e-cigarettes and prevent minors from purchasing the products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a proposed rule that would prevent minors from purchasing electronic cigarettes and give the FDA authority over e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, nicotine gels, hookah and dissolvables. However,…
SNAP Retailers // These questions and answers serve as formal guidance for use by FNS Regional Offices, State agencies, and affected stakeholders as they implement these provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014. Additional questions and answers pertaining to the retailer provisions are forthcoming. Thank you for your patience. If further questions arise related to…
Participating retailers will no longer be offered free Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) equipment, supplies and related services. The Farm Bill, signed into law on February 7, 2014, imposes additional obligations on retailers that redeem Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, including new technological mandates and depth-of-stock requirements. In addition to those obligations, under the new…
Merchants to petition high court to review interchange case CSP Daily News Merchants are set to take their battle to cut debit-card swipe fees to the Supreme Court, potentially opening a new chapter in a winding legal battle that has pitted convenience store owners and other retailer against banks and the Federal Reserve, reported The…
Urge your members of Congress to support Internet lottery bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. For more than 50 years, federal law prohibited gambling over phone lines and, later, on the Internet. However, in 2011 the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the law would be completely re-interpreted to only prohibit…
The FDA is listening; now is the time to make our voices heard! The moment we’ve all been bracing for is here, and time is of the essence. After years of speculation, the FDA has finally issued their proposed regulation of premium cigars and is now accepting comments for a short time. Our comments submitted to…
Recently, Mitch Zeller, director of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), outlined CTP’s vision for the regulation of tobacco products in the United States. While Zeller’s remarks did not contain any significant new information, they did shed some light on his thinking regarding e-cigarettes. Specifically, Zeller acknowledged…
Recently, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) warned corporations of a non-government entity running a scheme trying to collect a fee. The fee of $59.99 is in order to receive a certificate of good standing that this entity implies is required in order to stay in compliance with the state business formation requirements. The…
Automotive groups will be banding together to ensure consumers have choices in post-warranty auto repair. The national agreement, which ends the prolonged “Right to Repair” debate within the industry, is based on a recent law finalized in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) extends the essential provisions for all light vehicles negotiated…
According to the latest release from Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), it won’t be just hot dogs that will get a good grilling over hot coals this Fourth of July. The merchants who sell them will get their very own special kind of grilling by the banks. In fact, the people who sell everything from bunting…