14 signals tagged #regulation.
Heavy-metal scrutiny is changing how baby food is developed, not just how finished products are checked. FDA guidance and California testing and disclosure requirements are pushing brands to connect recipes, sourcing decisions and consumer communication.
Oct 4, 2026
Removing certified synthetic colors is becoming a portfolio-management task, not a simple ingredient substitution. Brand teams must reconcile different legal requirements while protecting shade, shelf life, manufacturing performance and margins.
Oct 3, 2026
The 2022 formula crisis triggered a structural rebuild of US production that's now coming online just as imports tighten.
May 21, 2026
As supply tightens, regulators are finally catching the adulteration that has propped up cheap 'EVOO' for years.
May 20, 2026
The country's most consequential restaurant packaging rule began enforcement in January, with national operators racing to comply.
May 20, 2026
The energy drink category is one bad press cycle away from age-gated sales nationwide.
May 20, 2026
Regulators are forcing brands to flag package downsizing on-shelf, and the operational ripple is bigger than the law itself.
May 20, 2026
Compostable takeout mandates are spreading, and the math for operators is harder than the policy debate suggested.
May 18, 2026
After years of delay, the FDA has signaled a 2026 proposed rule for mandatory front-of-pack nutrition warnings. CPG legal teams are scrambling.
May 13, 2026
Upside, Good Meat, and a half-dozen B2B-first startups are abandoning the consumer-brand playbook in favor of supplying cultivated fat and protein as ingredients to existing CPG.
May 10, 2026
CPG is quietly reformulating thousands of SKUs to hit FDA voluntary sodium targets; most consumers won't notice until they do.
May 8, 2026
Peptides have moved from grey-market biohacker forums to GNC and Sprouts shelves, faster than the regulatory framework can keep up.
May 6, 2026
After a decade of seafood traceability pilots, regulation is finally making it mandatory.
Apr 26, 2026
The hemp-derived THC beverage category exploded through a regulatory loophole, and its now bigger than most expected.
Apr 21, 2026
