Atty. Evangelia C. Pelonis

Evangelia (Eve) Pelonis assists clients on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) matters relating to food, animal feed, food additives and ingredients, and dietary supplements. She helps clients achieve their marketing goals within the relevant legal frameworks and counsels them in all aspects of food development and marketing, from product formulation and manufacturing considerations to food labeling and advertising. Eve helps her clients with issues regarding food labeling and promotional materials; product identity statements; ingredient declarations; nutrient content claims; structure function claims; health claims; and allergen, nutrition, bioengineered, and organic labeling. Clients seek her advice regarding obtaining appropriate regulatory status for food ingredients, including preparing self-determined Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) positions or submitting GRAS Notices, New Dietary Ingredient Notifications (NDINs), food additive petitions (FAPs), and color additive petitions (CAPs) to FDA. Eve guides clients through product recalls and reports to the Reportable Food Registry. She helps clients navigate complex import and export issues regulated by FDA and USDA and assists companies in gaining the release of detained products. She regularly presents on food law matters for various trade associations and food conferences, including Keller and Heckman’s Practical Food Law Seminar. Awards •Chambers USA: Food and Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation - Nationwide, 2022 - 2025 •The Best Lawyers in America: Food and Beverage Law, 2026 •The Best Lawyers in America: FDA Law, 2021 Insights & In the News Food & Chemicals Unpacked: Color Me Bad: The Push to Remove Color Additives from Food 06.10.2025 Podcast FDA Finalizes the “Healthy” Claim 02.04.2025 Publication FDA Proposes Front-Of-Pack Nutrition Labeling Rule 01.31.2025 Publication Eve Pelonis Quoted in Inside Health Policy Article on FDA Leadership and Food Policy In The News 05.28.2026 Events Partners Tony Pavel and Eve Pelonis to Present at PLC’s 38th Annual Food Label Conference Speaking Engagement 05.31.2026 06.03.2026 Partner Eve Pelonis to Present at ACI’s 2026 Food Law and Regulation Boot Camp Speaking Engagement 07.16.2026 07.17.2026