Keller and Heckman LLP, Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation

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Provided by Keller and Heckman LLP

Keller and Heckman’s world-renowned Food and Drug practice, provides clients with comprehensive legal and regulatory advice for a vast range of food and drug products, including foods, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, veterinary products, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and cannabis products, as well as the packaging for these products.

We advise clients in promoting, protecting, and defending their products that are regulated by a variety of agencies and regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the European Commission and Member States authorities in the European Union (EU), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and similar authorities and regulators throughout the world.

In the packaging arena, we assist clients with the preparation and submission of food contact notifications, food additive petitions, technical dossiers, and other filings to obtain regulatory clearances for substances (including recycled materials) used in the production of packaging for food, drugs, and other products.

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Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Keller and Heckman is at the forefront of food and supplement regulatory matters, advising on recalls, advertising and animal feed issues. Highly regarded for its representation of companies with complex scientific issues, including toxicological assessments, the firm fields additional expertise in handling food packaging issues, regularly providing educational seminars to domestic and European clients. Clients include those in the food and beverage, retail and pharmaceutical and life science industries. The team frequently handles the full spectrum of issues associated with newly developed food ingredients.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Keller and Heckman LLP

Keller and Heckman advised Eastman Chemical Corporation and prepared the requests for Letters of No Objection from the US Food and Drug Administration for chemical recycling processes capable of producing a polymer suitable for use in contact with food from non-food-contact feedstocks.