The Good Food Institute and Animal Legal Defense Fund has sued on behalf of Tofurky challenging a Louisiana law that would impose fines of up to $500 per day for every plant-based meat product marketed or sold with terms like… Read More ›
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Taxpayers fund “free” distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) released two documents outlining the Trump Administration’s detailed strategy to deliver COVID-19 vaccine doses to the American people quickly and reliably. The documents, developed by HHS… Read More ›
Federal court rules packaging of cigars are not under FDA authority to regulate
Cigar Rights of America has been arguing its case that the Food & Drug Administration has overstepped its authority with cigar packaging and advertising. The FDA rule forcing cigar companies to print warning labels on cigars was vacated yesterday, September… Read More ›
Will warning labels be removed from cigars?
A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has found flaws in the FDA’s Deeming Rule regulating cigars and held this past week that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) did not… Read More ›
FDA Regulations To Devastate Cigar Industry And Cost Thousands Of Jobs
TAMARAC, Fla., April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The FDA has set a series of rules into effect that imposes harmful regulations on the cigar industry and its small businesses and could put upwards of 50 percent of the industry out of business… Read More ›
Cigar Aficionado urges cigar lovers to write new FDA head & President Trump – overregulation stifling the cigar industry
New York, NY — Cigar Aficionado, the leading magazine for consumers who enjoy a good cigar, is mounting a major grassroots campaign to save the handmade cigar industry from extinction. Now under the FDA’s watch—which lumps them into cigarette and machine-made… Read More ›
Kratom association addresses attack of legitimate businesses
The American Kratom Association (AKA) has come out strongly condemning the recent actions taken by LegitScript and hosting providers to shut down the Internet domains of legitimate businesses who are selling safe Kratom products to consumers in the United States…. Read More ›
A last-ditch effort to save e-cigs from the FDA and Big Tobacco
The vape industry currently stands on the edge of complete demise thanks to regulatory overreach. However, two Congressmen, Reps. Tom Cole (R-OK) and Sanford Bishop (D-GA), recently introduced legislation, which, if passed, may grant the e-cigarette industry a much-needed reprieve…. Read More ›
How a former banking exec found success in the premium handmade cigar business
EASTON, Pennsylvania — Imagine this . . . An avid cigar smoker working in the banking industry for a number of years gets the idea to give-up his successful career to start an imported premium handmade cigar company. That’s what Glen… Read More ›
Cigar rights organization sends open letter to the top three presidential candidates
Washington, D.C. — August 5, 2016 — Over the last year, candidates vying to be the next President of the United States have crisscrossed the country to connect with voters and share their message and vision for America in 2016. The… Read More ›
