Litigation Minute: Tough to Swallow: Increased State Regulation of and Attention on Contaminants in Food

What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less – Until recently, state regulators largely deferred to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to scrutinize and regulate contaminants in food, such as heavy metals. In the past several years, however, states have taken an increasingly active role in regulating foods, not only from the standpoint of what can be added to food (e.g., California’s 2023 food additive ban and a broader, more impactful 2025 additive ban in West Virginia) but also from the…
By: K&L Gates LLP