The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Court

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-1.3: The Center for Food Safety and the Environmental Defense Fund challenged FDA's 2016 GRAS rule in the Southern District of New York. According to the Congressional Research Service, the court granted summary judgment to FDA because FDA's reading of the Act was reasonable, and the plaintiffs did not appeal.
  • AGR-1.11: FDA's proposed rule of 11 August 2026 would require GRAS notices for substances purported to be GRAS, with a one-year streamlined submission for substances already on the market. The rule creates no premarket approval, lets companies market a substance before notifying and while FDA reviews the notice, and makes failure to notify "a factor" in FDA's prioritization for post-market review.
  • POL-6.8: The 5 March 2024 superseding indictment charged Senator Robert Menendez, Nadine Menendez and two New Jersey businessmen, among other offenses, with a conspiracy to have Menendez act as an agent of the Government of Egypt, a foreign principal required to register under FARA, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 219.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 572 5 October 2026. Congressional Research Service: Food Additives and GRAS Substances: A Legal Framework (CRS Legal Sidebar LSB11445)
  • Exhibit 830 5 March 2024. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York: Superseding Indictment S4, United States v. Menendez, No. 23-cr-490 (SHS), Doc. 239-1