Food, Beverage Industry Advised To Embrace Nutrition Science

Squire Patton Boggs attorneys John A. Burlingame and Adam R. Fox, writing on Law360, look at the food and beverage industry, which in recent years has been subject to increasing regulation and a surge of litigation. Industry regulators and adversaries have made their case by marshaling scientific studies, and the authors advise companies to do likewise – early and often – in order to combat, forestall and prevent. They acknowledge, though, that it’s a tricky business. Nutrition is an unsettled and dynamic field, and today’s scourge can sometimes become tomorrow’s panacea, or vice versa. The writers have some suggestions on how to embrace science without getting stung.