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Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation

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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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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.

Strengths

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When you involve this Keller and Heckman department, you can be 100% confident in success. I work only with Keller and Heckman because I know that we will get our goals. 

Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation respondent
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We always feel as though we are truly a top priority with the Keller and Heckman team.

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The Keller and Heckman team was very resourceful and brought to us the regulations in a clear manner that we needed to review.

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Keller & Heckman have a global reach and expertise. They are able to guide us through not only food safety matters, but other matters.

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This department is, without question, the absolute best I've worked with for food contact dossiers. The knowledge and professionalism of Keller and Heckman's associates and the depth set them apart.

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Notable Practitioners

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Devon Hill
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Devon Hill
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Devon Hill draws strength from his scientific background to advise on complex food packaging, ingredients and contamination issues.

Devon is great and very efficient.

Devon Hill has a good practice and is well respected in food contact substances.

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Evangelia Pelonis
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Evangelia Pelonis
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Evangelia Pelonis boasts significant strength in advising clients on matters concerning FDA and USDA regulations. She provides counsel on issues related to both human food and animal feed.

Evangelia Pelonis has been a great partner for us.

Evangelia Pelonis is a great legal counselor.

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Frederick A Stearns
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Frederick A Stearns
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Frederick Stearns is recognised for his regulatory compliance practice and work with novel products requiring GRAS submissions. He is sought by manufacturers for his FDA expertise. He is further noted for his adroitness in the CBD product space.

Frederick is extremely professional, knowledgeable, detail-oriented and it is a pleasure to work with him.

Very much enjoyed working with Frederick Stearns. A true professional.

Frederick Stearns listened, did his homework and helped us navigate to safe waters. He is our go-to for FDA-related work and we have confidence in him.

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Kathleen Bond
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Kathleen Bond
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Kathleen Bond is frequently sought by clients to advise on a wide range of food and beverage-related issues. She has in-depth expertise in labelling and advertising.

She is fantastic in food advertising matters.

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Mitzi Clark
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Mitzi Clark
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Mitzi Clark has a strong reputation for advising on food ingredient and packaging issues, regularly advising clients on GRAS submissions to the FDA.

We value the very high level of expertise that Mitzi brings to our engagement with Keller and Heckman and the high standard of service that we consistently receive. Her advice plays a pivotal role.

Mitzi sets the bar against which we measure all other food contact attorneys. Her professionalism, depth of legal knowledge and balance of commercial and technical knowledge set her apart.

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Richard Mann
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Richard Mann
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Richard Mann is commended for his ability to advise clients on both regulatory and litigation matters, including advertising and promotional disputes and compliance issues.
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Ranked Lawyers at
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Devon Hill
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Devon Hill
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Evangelia Pelonis
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Evangelia Pelonis
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Frederick A Stearns
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Frederick A Stearns
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Kathleen Bond
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Kathleen Bond
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Mitzi Clark
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Mitzi Clark
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Richard Mann
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Richard Mann
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Members

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Azim Chowdhury

Catherine Nielsen

Cynthia Lieberman

David Joy

Eric Gotting

George Misko

Jeffrey Keithline

Kathryn Skaggs

Mark Thompson

Pamela Langhorn

Rachel Bond

Rohit Sabnis

Sophie Castillo

Tony Pavel