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Keller and Heckman LLP is thrilled to welcome our 2024 Summer Associates Emily Chuang, Brian Frank, Roshna M., Madeline P. Smith, and Joefred Uwaelue who joined the firm this week! Our Summer Associates recently completed their second year of law school and will support the firm’s Food and Drug and Environmental practices this summer. #foodanddrug #environmental #summerprogram

Keller and Heckman Partners Tony Pavel and Eve C. Pelonis will present at the Prime Label Consultants Inc (PLC) 36th Annual Food Label Conference, to be held in Washington, DC on June 2 – 5, 2024. Tony will participate in the panel, “Legal Perspectives on the Next Year,” which will focus on expected regulatory changes, emerging trends and risks, food standard controversies, and marketplace trends and technologies. Eve’s presentation, “Natural Labeling Complexities,” will explore the differences between FDA and USDA definitions of “natural,” when the claim may present litigation risks, and more. For more information about the conference, including how to register, please click the link below. #PLC #foodlabeling #FDA

Keller and Heckman Partner Herb Estreicher was quoted in the Inside TSCA article, “EPA Sees ‘Fall’ Proposal For Long-Stalled ‘Tiered’ TSCA Reporting Rule.” The article states that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to propose the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) “tiered data reporting” (TDR) rule in the fall. The agency has continued to push back its target dates to propose and finalize the rule, which makes the TDR the most-delayed rulemaking on the TSCA agenda. To learn more, please click the link below. #TSCA 

Keller and Heckman Partner Peter Craddock will present at the European Journal of Compliance and Integrity’s (EJC&I) annual conference, to be held in Brussels, Belgium and virtually on May 28, 2024. This year’s conference theme is “Next Generation Outsourcing: Compliance and New Third-Party Risks.” Peter’s presentation, “From data protection to data governance, how do new regulations strengthen third-party data risks management?” will cover the latest news on data protection in the context of outsourcing and more. To read more, please click the link below. https://lnkd.in/e2_y9iKF #GDPR #privacy #dataprotection

Keller and Heckman Partner Katie Bond will present at Michigan State University’s Food Law Conference, to be held in East Lansing, Michigan on May 28 - 30, 2024. Katie will serve as a panelist for the panel “Environmental Advertising in the Food Industry.” For more information about the conference, please click the link below. #foodlaw #environmental

Keller and Heckman Partners Herb Estreicher, James Votaw, and Counsel David B. Fischer, M.P.H., J.D. were quoted in the Chemical Watch news & events by Enhesa article, “Fight brews over ‘practicability’ considerations in TSCA occupational limits.” The article discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plans to factor “practicability” into its derivation of occupational exposure limits for Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk management rules. These plans are raising questions regarding existing chemical exposure limits (ECELs). To learn more, please click the link below. https://lnkd.in/e23bxW-V #TSCA #EPA #environmental 

In April 2024, 351 new Notices of Violation and amended Notices were sent to product manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, alleging a violation of Prop. 65 for failing to provide a warning for their products. Read noteworthy trends and categories from the recent Notices in the latest Prop 65 Pulse, a Keller and Heckman LLP newsletter that explores trends in California’s Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) and covers various industries, including food and beverage, cosmetics and personal care, consumer products, chemical products, e-vapor and tobacco products, household products, plastics and rubber, and retail distribution. #prop65 #chemicals #sustainability #food #drug #packaging #cosmetics #consumerproducts #retail

Keller and Heckman successfully hosted its 8th Annual Paper Packaging Law Seminar, in Charlotte, NC, this week. Thank you to everyone who attended, and a special thanks to Keller and Heckman LLP Partners Pamela Langhorn, Rachel Bond, Cynthia Lieberman, Sheila Millar, James Votaw, and Scientist Kristin Price Wiglesworth, Ph.D., for their significant contributions throughout the two-day event. We also extend our gratitude to FDA guest speaker, Dr. Sharon Elyashiv-Barad, for providing our attendees with an insightful presentation on updates from FDA’s Division of Food Contact Substances. Thank you to all who contributed to the program! #paperpackaging #packaginglaw