Legal Bites: Q3 2026 Edition

Michael Best’s Agribusiness, Food & Beverage practice represents more than 130 clients in every part of the industry. We serve clients at every link in the food production and distribution chain: growers, processors, makers, distributors, and retailers of food, feed products, and ingredients; as well as trade associations, equipment manufacturers, packagers, restaurant management companies, and other industry service providers. Our work involves M&A, real estate, environmental and other regulatory compliance, food safety, recalls, labeling/claims, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, commodity contracting and logistics, and more. Legal Bites is a quarterly newsletter designed to keep our clients current on legal happenings affecting the industry.

These updates include FDA updates, FDA warning letters, USDA updates, and other articles of interest.

• July 2026
• August 2026
• September 2026

FDA Proposes Mandatory GRAS Notification Framework for Human and Animal Food Substances

On August 10, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “Agency”) proposed a new rule to require human and animal food manufacturers to notify the Agency of food substances purported to be generally recognized as safe (“GRAS”) under the conditions of their permitted use... Read more