Baker Donelson clients produce and sell a wide variety of foods for human consumption, including meat and poultry, processed foods of various descriptions, seafood, seasonings, spices and beverages. We assist these clients in the development of commercial and regulatory compliance strategies tailored to the needs of each individual business. We are fully familiar with regulations governing nutrition labeling, food ingredient disclosures, import and tariff issues, weights and measures, and net contents disclosures. Our intellectual property lawyers regularly obtain and defend patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intangible property for our food clients.
We have advised clients in the relatively new area of FDA-regulated "medical foods," identifying for our clients significant commercial opportunities targeting consumers already under medical supervision.