by Elizabeth | Apr 19, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Bill, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Food and Nutrition Service, Forest Service, Forestry, Labor, Marketing Orders, Nutrition Programs, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL ROLANDO DIAZ REYES, HECTOR IVAN BURGOS RIVERA, JOSE A. GARCIA MARRERO, KIDANNY JOSUE MARTINEZ REYES, EDWIN COSME COLON, & on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, v. W.D. HENRY & SONS, INC., HENRY REALTY ASSOCIATES, INC., DANIEL HENRY,...
by Elizabeth | Apr 18, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Food Safety, Forest Service, Forestry, International Trade, Labor, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: MARTHA CEA PLAINTIFF v. COBB-VANTRESS, INC. DEFENDANT, No. 5:19-CV-05024, 2019 WL 1607291 (W.D. Ark. Apr. 15, 2019) Now before the Court are Defendant Cobb-Vantress, Inc.’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Plaintiff’s overtime claims...
by Elizabeth | Apr 17, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, National Environmental Policy Act, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: HENRY AVOCADO CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Z.J.D. BROTHER, LLC & LONG ZHONG “MICHAEL” CHEN Defendants., No. 17CV4559ARRRLM, 2019 WL 1586865 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 12, 2019); Between April 24, 2017 and May 11, 2017, Henry Avocado Corporation...
by Elizabeth | Apr 15, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bill, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Oceana, Inc. v. Ross, No. 17-5247, 2019 WL 1574916 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 12, 2019): When fishermen catch fish but do not sell or keep them for personal use, they harvest what is referred to as “bycatch.” Discarded fish might constitute fish of an “undesirable...
by Elizabeth | Apr 12, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice of availability: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; We are advising the public that proposed changes to the National Poultry Improvement Plan Program Standards are available for review and comment. Info HERE Notice and request for...
by Elizabeth | Apr 11, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Bankruptcy, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: Fishback Nursery, Inc. v. PNC Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, No. 18-10090, 2019 WL 1548823 (5th Cir. Apr. 10, 2019) The Court confronted a lien contest among three creditors of a bankrupt commercial farm. Two of the creditors—Fishback and Surface—are...
by Elizabeth | Apr 10, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice; response to comments: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA; FSIS is announcing the availability of an updated fact sheet on food product dating. The fact sheet is aimed at reducing food waste through encouraging food manufacturers and retailers...
by Elizabeth | Apr 9, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Packers and Stockyards Act
JUDICIAL: BREAKING FREE, LLC, & CONNIE BUTTRAM, Plaintiffs, v. JCG FOODS OF ALABAMA, LLC, KOCH MEAT CO., INC., & KOCH FOODS, INC., Defendants., No. 4:18-CV-01659-ACA, 2019 WL 1513978 (N.D. Ala. Apr. 8, 2019) Plaintiff Connie Buttram owns Plaintiff Breaking...
by Elizabeth | Apr 8, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, Sec’y of Labor, Dep’t of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLAND FARMS PRODUCTION & PACKING, LLC, DELBERT BLAND, an individual, Defendants-Appellants., No. 17-15322, 2019 WL 1504344 (11th Cir. Apr. 5, 2019) Bland Farms...
by Elizabeth | Apr 5, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Commodity Credit Corporation, Daily Update, Farm Bill, Farm Service Agency, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Labeling, Food Safety and Inspection Service, International Trade, Marketing Orders, Nutrition Programs, Poultry Products Inspection Act, United States Department of Agriculture, Zoning
JUDICIAL: Forty Foot Farms, Appellant v. Pennsylvania Tpk. Comm’n, No. 501 C.D. 2018, 2019 WL 1468541 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Apr. 2, 2019) Before the Court was the appeal of Forty Foot Farms (Condemnee) from two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County...
by Elizabeth | Apr 4, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, National Environmental Policy Act, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: DAKOTA RURAL ACTION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Animal Legal Def. Fund, Ass’n of Irritated Residents, Citizens Action Coal. of Indiana, Farm Serv. Agency, Food & Water...
by Elizabeth | Apr 3, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; The United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) provides the Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to charge and collect reasonable fees to cover the costs of performing official services and the costs...
by Elizabeth | Apr 2, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Liens, Aquaculture, Bankruptcy, Biosecurity, Business Organizations, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Food Safety, Water Law
JUDICIAL: WESTFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. TCFI BELL SPE III LLC, & BELL AQUACULTURE LLC, BELL AQUACULTURE LLC, Counter Claimant,, No. 116CV02269TWPMJD, 2019 WL 1434716 (S.D. Ind. Mar. 30, 2019) This matter is before the Court on cross-motions for...
by Elizabeth | Mar 29, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, Land Use Regulation, Landowner Liability, Zoning
JUDICIAL: KENYON L. FARLEY AND IRENE FARLEY, Appellants, v. UTAH COUNTY, Appellee., 2019 UT App 45: Kenyon L. Farley and Irene Farley (collectively, the Farleys) submitted an application (the Application) to create an agriculture protection area to shield their land...
by Elizabeth | Mar 28, 2019 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Business Organizations, Daily Update, Food Labeling, Forest Service, Indigenous Food and Agriculture, Local Food Systems, Rural Development, Transportation, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: CRYSTAL HILSLEY, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MILLS, INC. et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Sanrio Co. Ltd., No. 3:18-CV-00395-L-BLM, 2019 WL 1369006 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 26, 2019) Plaintiff, a consumer who purchased Defendants’ fruit flavored snacks...
by Elizabeth | Mar 27, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: IN RE: James Edwin Ollis, Debtor(s)., No. CV 18-04549-HB, 2019 WL 1313397 (Bankr. D.S.C. Mar. 21, 2019) Before the Court was consideration of the Motion for Relief from Stay filed by Creditor Rabo Agrifinance LLC and the objection to the Motion and Objection...
by Elizabeth | Mar 25, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Notice of availability: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh jujube fruit from China into the continental...
by Elizabeth | Mar 22, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare, Commodity Credit Corporation, Food and Nutrition Service, Forest Service, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Final rule: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; This final rule amends Marketing Order No. 959, which regulates the handling of onions grown in South Texas. The amendments will reduce the size of the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee) and make...
by Elizabeth | Mar 21, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: BERT L. BENNETT III & TERRY BENNETT ALLEN, Plaintiffs, v. GRAHAM F. BENNETT; ANN BENNETT-PHILLIPS; JAMES H. BENNETT; & LOUISE BENNETT, Defendants, & BENNETT LINVILLE FARM, LLC; JOHN J. BENNETT; & JEANNE R. BENNETT, Nominal Defendants., No. 18...
by Elizabeth | Mar 20, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service
REGULATORY: Notice of open meeting: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee under Section 9008(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act...
