President Signs Mandatory GMO Labeling Law: What You Need to Know

Last week President Obama signed the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard into federal law. The law mandates disclosure of genetically modified organisms ("GMO") on food labels. The law directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") to establish, within two years, a nationwide mandatory disclosure standard for bioengineered foods and the labeling procedures. This means that the law itself does not define the standard, but instead gives the USDA significant discretion to define and implement the required disclosure.

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Food Recalls: Does Your Insurance Policy Cover "Reasonable Probability" of Contamination?

Many food businesses, after conducting a risk assessment, will purchase some form of recall insurance (commonly referred to as product contamination insurance). These recall policies typically provide coverage for "actual" contamination, meaning for coverage to kick in the consumption or use of the product must have resulted in bodily injury and/or property damage. To date, recalls were voluntary and initiated by the company. However, earlier this year the final rules were issued under the Food Safety Modernization Act ("FSMA"), which provide FDA with the authority to mandate recalls for food products if there is a "reasonable probability" that the food product is adulterated or misbranded and the use and/or exposure to the product would cause serious health consequences or death.

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Food Recalls: Does Your Insurance Policy Cover "Reasonable Probability" of Contamination?

Many food businesses, after conducting a risk assessment, will purchase some form of recall insurance (commonly referred to as product contamination insurance). These recall policies typically provide coverage for "actual" contamination, meaning for coverage to kick in the consumption or use of the product must have resulted in bodily injury and/or property damage. To date, recalls were voluntary and initiated by the company. However, earlier this year the final rules were issued under the Food Safety Modernization Act ("FSMA"), which provide FDA with the authority to mandate recalls for food products if there is a "reasonable probability" that the food product is adulterated or misbranded and the use and/or exposure to the product would cause serious health consequences or death.

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