Food & Chemicals Unpacked
Food & Chemicals Unpacked is your go-to podcast for hot topics impacting the food and chemical industry. Join our hosts, Keller and Heckman Partners Mark Thompson and Katie Skaggs, as they provide a bird’s eye view of the emerging legal and scientific issues surrounding the food, chemical, packaging, and related consumer product industries in an easily digestible and accessible format. Food & Chemicals Unpacked provides clear and concise updates on legislative developments, new regulations, and other non-governmental initiatives that impact these industries. Each episode will present critical information on these topics along with supporting resources from Keller and Heckman’s website blogs, including Packaginglaw.com, The Daily Intake (our food blog), and The Continuum of Risk (our tobacco and e-vapor blog).
Episodes
Aug 19, 2022
Aug 19, 2022
25 min
In this episode, we discuss the current shortage of infant formula in the U.S. with Food and Drug Partner Rick Stearns. In February 2022, a recall of infant formula produced at a single U.S. facility contributed to a major shortage in the infant formula market. To date, FDA continues its efforts to mitigate the effects of this shortage. As the disruptions to infant formula supply now show signs of easing, we look into the underlying causes, trajectory, and FDA intervention. The episode covers FDA oversight of infant formula manufacturing, aimed at ensuring that consumers are presented with safe and quality products that provide suitable nutritional content. Our team also discusses the lasting impact these events may have on the market.
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
33 min
Our second episode discusses an important development in Europe – a revision to the European Union’s rules on the use of recycled plastics in food packaging. This new law completely revamps how plastics recycling is regulated in Europe and will impact the entire supply chain, from recyclers to packaging manufacturers, and even everyday consumers. Our team also walks through some recent news on PFAS, some FDA pronouncements on genome-edited beef cattle and guacamole, as well as a major action by the sugar industry.
Feb 15, 2022
Feb 15, 2022
37 min
Welcome to the first episode of Food & Chemicals Unpacked! Today’s episode focuses on the regulation of PFAS in food packaging applications. This incredibly important issue affects a huge number of products in various markets. We provide an overview of these chemistries and summarize developments in the United States at both the Federal and State level on PFAS regulation. Additionally, our team discusses some of the recent trade press that impacts food, e-cigarettes and the chemical industry.
Feb 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022
2 min
An introduction to our a la carte podcast covering all things relating to the food and chemical industries. Food & Chemicals Unpacked will help you dig into the legal requirements and science surrounding food, packaging, chemicals, tobacco products, and much more. Learn how these products are regulated and insights on current news and developments in this space.