We provide counsel to emerging food and beverage companies. We represent manufacturers of consumer packaged goods, agricultural producers and cooperatives, wineries, and distilleries. We are committed to advancing the growth of sustainable food and beverage enterprises that generate social and environmental impact.
Our group provides specialized expertise in product innovation and commercialization, co-manufacturing arrangements, advertising and media contracts, consumer privacy, brand management, licensing and enforcement, food labeling, Prop 65 and other regulatory compliance.
We also provide expertise in procurement and commercial transactions, facilities development, labor and employment matters, intellectual property protection, and transportation and logistics. We partner with our clients through collaborative technology solutions to manage their legal affairs.
Publications
- FDA Publishes Final Rule on Gluten-Free Labeling of Fermented or Hydrolyzed Foods
- FDA Will Be Flexible in Enforcing New Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labeling Requirements for Small Food Manufacturers
- When Sugars are Not Counted as Sugars: FDA Clarifies Nutrition Facts Labeling Requirements for Allulose
- Open Sesame! FDA Draft Guidance and Proposed FASTER Act Open Door to Regulation of Sesame as a Major Food Allergen
- Proposed Farm Workforce Modernization Act Holds Promise for Immigrant Farmworkers
- Biden Signs FASTER Act; Sesame Becomes 9th Major Food Allergen Requiring Mandatory Food Labeling Disclosures
- Five Points to Negotiate in a 'Black Box' Product Development Agreement