by Elizabeth | Aug 24, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted August 24, 2015 A Sacramento Superior Court judge has ordered the state to write stricter controls for agriculture water runoff in Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, according to The Californian article available here. KCBX also...
by Elizabeth | Aug 5, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Antitrust
Posted August 6, 2015 A federal judge struck down Idaho’s ban on undercover videos at factory farms, ruling that state legislators wrongly criminalized free speech to protect prominent agricultural companies, according to a LA Times article available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Aug 3, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted August 3, 2015 A dozen lawsuits against the newly finalized “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule are scheduled to be heard together before the 6th Circuit Court based in Ohio, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. Capital Press also...
by Elizabeth | Jul 27, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety
Posted July 27, 2015 Federal court officers have recommended a life sentence for a peanut company executive convicted of selling salmonella-tainted food, according to a CNBC article available here. Stewart Parnell, former Peanut Corporation of America owner, is...
by Elizabeth | Jul 22, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted July 22, 2015 Missouri filed a lawsuit pushing the federal government to extend a key agricultural deadline, which is necessary to keep many of the state’s farmers eligible for crop insurance, according to a News Leader article available here....
by Elizabeth | Jul 22, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Finance and Credit, Grain Dealers, Taxation, Taxation
Posted July 22, 2015 The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that grain storage bins are personal property pursuant to state law and may not be taxed as real property, according to a Court News Ohio article available here. Toledo Blade also published an article here. The...
by Elizabeth | Jul 20, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food and Drug Administration, Food Labeling, National Organic Program, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted July 20, 2014 The House Agriculture Committee has approved a bill that would ban states from requiring the labeling of genetically engineered (GMO) foods, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. Food Safety News also published an article...
by Elizabeth | Jul 20, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Conservation Programs, Environmental Law, Water Law
Posted July 20, 2015 The Des Moines Water Works lawsuit against three northwest Iowa counties over water quality is scheduled to be heard by a federal trial judge, beginning Aug. 8, 2016, according to a Des Moines Register article available here. Siouxland...
by Elizabeth | Jul 15, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety
Posted July 15, 2015 After several deadly outbreaks food, the Justice Department is warning food companies that they could face criminal and civil penalties if they poison their customers, according to a U.S. News article available here. MSN also posted an...
by Elizabeth | Jul 15, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biofuels, Biotechnology, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Renewable Energy
Posted July 15, 2015 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting comment on its analysis of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to the production and transport of Gossypium spp. seed oil (“cottonseed oil”) feedstock for use in making...
by Elizabeth | Jul 14, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 14, 2015 Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in accordance with the negotiated settlement of a lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published a notice in the Federal Register on April 30, 2013, announcing and...
by Elizabeth | Jul 14, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 14, 2015 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is seeking comments from the public regarding regulations issued under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as...
by Elizabeth | Jul 13, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 13, 2015 The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (Agency) is publishing an interim final rule for the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program, formerly the Biorefinery Assistance Program, incorporating...
by Elizabeth | Jul 2, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 2, 2015 A federal judge ruled that a Maui County ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered (GMO) crops is pre-empted by federal and state law and invalid, according to a Capital Press article available here. Honolulu Civil Beat also published...
by Elizabeth | Jul 2, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 2, 2015 The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state’s so-called Right To Farm amendment remains constitutional, according to a KBLA article available here. The Missouri Times also published an article available hereand Columbia Daily Tribune...
by Elizabeth | Jul 1, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 1, 2015 United Airlines will soon use biofuel made from animal oil and by-products as early as this summer, according to a Daily Mail article available here. The New York Times also published an article available hereand KMBZ here. This is the...
by Elizabeth | Jul 1, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Conservation Programs, Disaster Assistance Programs, Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
Posted July, 1 2015 U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced another $150 million for California drought relief, according to a Western Farm Press article available here. Capital Press also published an article available hereand San Francisco...
by Elizabeth | Jun 30, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, National Environmental Policy Act, Water Law
Posted June 30, 2014 Sixteen states have filed lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), contesting a rule that expands the definition of bodies of water subject to federal pollution controls, according to a Reuters article available...
by Elizabeth | Jun 29, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted June 29, 2015 California lawmakers passed a new budget that would make a range of policy changes intended to address the drought, according to an article by the LA Times available here. Daily Democrat also published an article available hereand AgWeb...
by Elizabeth | Jun 25, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, Food Labeling, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted June 25, 2015 Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) released a draft proposal which would remove beef and pork mandatory labeling provisions under Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and put a completely voluntary Product of the U.S. label in its place,...
