by Elizabeth | Oct 6, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The latest installment of the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law’s Agricultural Law Weekly Review is now available. Topics covered include: GIPSA legislation; livestock trading; labeling of animal raising claims; new indemnity calculator for laying...
by Elizabeth | Oct 6, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Forest Service, Forestry, International Trade, International Trade Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pesticides, Production Contracts, Renewable Energy, United States Department of Agriculture, Webinar
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us Monday, October 10, at 12 noon (ET) for a free webinar: “A New Era of...
by Elizabeth | Oct 5, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Aquaculture, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, Forestry, International Trade, International Trade Administration, Labor, Leases, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pesticides, Renewable Energy, Right to Farm, Zoning
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu JUDICIAL: Includes products liability, contract, and zoning issues. Stevens v. Arch Wood Prot., Inc., No....
by Elizabeth | Oct 4, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Commercial Transactions, Finance and Credit, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Secured Transactions
Last week, the Senate sent the Clarification of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act to the White House. The bill amends the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, ensuring the law’s protections cover online livestock auctions. The bill would also make...
by Elizabeth | Oct 4, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu. JUDICIAL: Includes FDA and water rights issues. In Hasemann v. Gerber Prod. Co., No. 15-CV-2995 (MKB),...
by Elizabeth | Oct 3, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The latest installment of the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law’s Shale Gas Weekly Review is now available. Topics covered include: PA Supreme Court rules on sections of Act 13, Maryland proposes new oil and gas regulations, EIA reports increase...
by Elizabeth | Oct 3, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu. JUDICIAL: Includes labeling, nuisance, procedural, contract, and FDA issues. In CAROLYN SITT,...
by Elizabeth | Sep 30, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu. JUDICIAL: Includes labeling, procedural and land use issues. In Chang v. Fage USA Dairy Indus., Inc., No....
by Elizabeth | Sep 29, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The latest installment of the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law’s Agricultural Law Weekly Review is now available. Topics covered include: Court denies application of PA Equine Activities Immunity Act; Court rules OSHA retail facilities standard must go...
by Elizabeth | Sep 29, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides
In March of this year, the EPA stated studies showed the insecticide flubendiamide breaks down into a highly toxic material harmful to species that are part of aquatic food chains. The EPA initiated cancellation of all currently registered flubendiamide products...
by Elizabeth | Sep 29, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agritourism, Aquaculture, Biotechnology, Clean Water Act, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Equine Activity, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Labeling, Forest Service, Forestry, Intellectual Property, NALC Resources, National Environmental Policy Act, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nutrition Programs, Transportation
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu. JUDICIAL: Includes negligence, labeling, NEPA, and discovery issues. In WILBERTO MELENDEZ Plaintiff, v....
by Elizabeth | Sep 28, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu. JUDICIAL: Includes class action, FDCA, water rights, and PACA issues. In re: Syngenta Ag Mir 162 Corn...
by Elizabeth | Sep 27, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu. JUDICIAL: CODY ETHERTON, HOPE ETHERTON, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF RAINSVILLE, NICK JONES, BRANDON...
by Elizabeth | Sep 26, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The latest installment of the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law’s Shale Gas Weekly Review is now available. Topics covered include: PennEast changes pipeline route, Science magazine study suggests link between injection wells and earthquakes in...
by Elizabeth | Sep 26, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Bureau of Land Management, Clean Water Act, Conservation Programs, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bill, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety, Forest Service, Forestry, Indigenous Food and Agriculture, Labor, Land Use Regulation, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides, Production Contracts, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law, Western Water
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu. JUDICIAL: Includes contract, OSHA and water rights issues. In Cooperativa Agraria Indus. Naranjillo Ltda....
by Elizabeth | Sep 23, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade, United States Department of Agriculture
The U.S. cattle industry received good news this week when China announced it was reversing a ban on American beef instituted after an outbreak of mad-cow disease in the U.S. in 2003. Per CNBC, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture noted the country will accept American...
by Elizabeth | Sep 23, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu. JUDICIAL: Includes FCIC, APA and negligence issues. Ace Am. Insurcance Co. v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., No....
by Elizabeth | Sep 22, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The latest installment of the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law’s Agricultural Law Weekly Review is now available. Topics covered include: EPA reaches settlement with Syngenta; PA to receive $6.3 M. for FSMA implementation; House Ag Committee passes...
by Elizabeth | Sep 22, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Climate Change, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
On Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed listing the rusty patched bumble bee as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed listing stems from a 2013 petition submitted by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Per the...
by Elizabeth | Sep 22, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: camarigg at uark.edu JUDICIAL: BARRY A. COHEN, Plaintiff, v. KIND L.L.C., Defendant., No. 15-MC-2645 (WHP), 2016 WL 4987165...
