by Elizabeth | May 19, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions to: [email protected] In NORTHWEST BANK f/k/a NORTHWEST SAVINGS BANK, a Pennsylvania state-chartered savings association,...
by Elizabeth | May 18, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Biosecurity, Commodity Programs, Daily Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Loan Programs, Food Safety, International Trade, Leases, NALC Resources, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links to primary documents or websites with additional...
by Elizabeth | May 17, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A judge in Josephine County, Oregon overturned a county ballot measure banning farmers from growing genetically engineered crops. According to the Capital Press, citizens in Josephine County approved a ban on GMOs in 2014. Just a year earlier, in 2013, state lawmakers...
by Elizabeth | May 17, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links to primary documents or websites with additional...
by Elizabeth | May 16, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Air Act, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Forestry, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pesticides
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links to primary documents or websites with additional...
by Elizabeth | May 13, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
At issue in Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Cty. of San Bernardino, 2016 WL 2742824 (Cal. Ct. App. May 10, 2016) was a proposed project to pump fresh groundwater from an underground aquifer located below land in the Mojave Desert. The project is part of a...
by Elizabeth | May 13, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links to primary documents or websites with additional...
by Elizabeth | May 12, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, Pesticides
The latest installment of the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law’s Agricultural Law Weekly Review is now available. Topics covered include: Announcement of FSMA Import Safety Program meetings, glyphosate report removal from EPA website, Pennsylvania...
by Elizabeth | May 12, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Commodity Programs, Conservation Programs, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Food Safety, Forestry, Labor, Landowner Liability, Leases, NALC Resources, Packers and Stockyards Act, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law, Western Water
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links to primary documents or websites with additional...
by Elizabeth | May 11, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Farm Labor, Labor
The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit this week challenging a state law forbidding farm workers from organizing. Per the Daily Freeman, the lawsuit was filed on behalf of a farm worker that was fired from a dairy farm after he was seen speaking with other...
by Elizabeth | May 11, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links that take the reader to primary documents or websites...
by Elizabeth | May 10, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biosecurity, Daily Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Food and Drug Administration, Food Labeling, Food Safety, International Trade, Nutrition Programs, Pesticides
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links that take the reader to primary documents or websites...
by Elizabeth | May 9, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Biotechnology, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Marketing Orders, Pesticides, United States Department of Agriculture
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links that take the reader to primary documents or websites...
by Elizabeth | May 6, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links that take the reader to primary documents or websites...
by Elizabeth | May 6, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links that take the reader to primary documents or websites...
by Elizabeth | May 5, 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: Indiana’s lifting of avian influenza quarantine, corrections to FSMA final rule, beef checkoff lawsuit, and crop...
by Elizabeth | May 4, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
Per the Billings-Gazette, the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, (R-CALF USA) filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the US Department of Agriculture. They contend that beef checkoff fees, a mandatory fee of one dollar per animal collected to promote beef, are not...
by Elizabeth | May 4, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links that take the reader to primary documents or websites...
by Elizabeth | May 3, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
Earlier this week the U.S. department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $6 million in available funding for research addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Per a press release, funds are available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI),...
by Elizabeth | May 2, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
Per the New York Times, consumers in New York and California filed a lawsuit April 29 against the Quaker Oats company after trace elements of the pesticide glyphosate were found in some oatmeal. In the complaint, plaintiffs contend Quaker’s claims about its oatmeal...
