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On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 25 (“SB 25”), a sweeping new measure promised to redefine consumer transparency and public health accountability in the food and beverage sector. The law requires that certain packaged products display a warning label when they contain ingredients disfavored by foreign health authorities, regardless of those ingredients’ legal status under U.S. law. SB 25 identifies 44 specific dyes and synthetic ingredients requiring a warning label, notably including Red Dye No. 40, Yellow No. 5, and bleached flour. The law also establishes new structural reforms such as the creation of a state nutrition advisory committee, updated medical training requirements, and enhanced physical activity mandates in schools. While the law does not take effect until January 1, 2027, it has already triggered significant concern within the food and beverage industry and is poised to prompt far-reaching legal challenges, compliance overhauls, and broader regulatory ripples throughout the U.S. marketplace.Continue Reading Texas Enacts Sweeping Food Additive Labeling Law: Implications for the Industry and Interstate Commerce

A Federal District Court in California has ruled that Proposition 65 warning requirements for dietary acrylamide are unconstitutional. The California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) sued five years ago challenging the statewide requirement under Proposition 65 for warning labels on foods containing acrylamide. (California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta, No. 2:19-cv-02019-DJC-JDP.) This ruling is a major victory for CalChamber and the latest chapter in its long battle with the California Attorney General and private enforcer Council for Education and Research on Toxics (“CERT”) over whether a warning can be required by the State in light of the disputed science around acrylamide.Continue Reading Trial Court Strikes Down California’s Prop 65 Acrylamide Warning Requirements

In a recent advisory, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy underscored the connection between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk. Citing alcohol as the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., the advisory links it to at least seven types of cancer, including breast and colorectal cancers. Despite this, according to Dr. Murthy, less than half of Americans recognize alcohol as a cancer risk factor. Dr. Murthy notes that alcohol is implicated in around 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths annually, exceeding alcohol-related traffic fatalities. The advisory recommends updating the health warning label on alcohol beverages, reassessing recommended limits for alcohol consumption, strengthening public educational awareness, and promoting alcohol screenings in the clinical setting.Continue Reading Rethinking Alcohol Labels: The Surgeon General Calls for Change