by Elizabeth | Oct 24, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act
Judicial: In re Spiech Farms, LLC, No. GK 17-05398-JTG, 2018 WL 5255296 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. Oct. 18, 2018); Produce Pay, Inc. (“Produce Pay”) asserts a claim under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, against Spiech Farms, LLC, the debtor-in-possession in this...
by Elizabeth | Oct 23, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Liens, Agricultural Marketing Service, Bankruptcy, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Forest Service, Forestry, Marketing Orders, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial: Kathy A. Schonscheck, Plaintiff, v. Deere & Co., Defendant., No. 10-20647-GMH, 2018 WL 5099745 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. Oct. 18, 2018); In 2009, defendant Deere & Company sued plaintiff in state court alleging that she had defaulted on payments due under...
by Elizabeth | Oct 22, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial: SARA MANZKE, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY & TOWN OF IXONIA, Defendants. JEFFERSON COUNTY, Plaintiff,, No. 18-CV-505-BBC, 2018 WL 5095678 (W.D. Wis. Oct. 19, 2018); These related civil actions involve alleged violations of Jefferson...
by Elizabeth | Oct 19, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Food Drug & Cosmetic Act, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Food Safety, Marketing Orders, NALC Resources, Pesticides, Rural Utilities Service, Specialty Crops, United States Department of Agriculture
Regulatory: Notice: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants through Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fee responses to...
by Elizabeth | Oct 18, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Food Labeling, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial: Food Labeling PATRICK MCMORROW v. MONELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant. Additional Party Names: Marco Ohlin, No. 17-CV-2327-BAS-JLB, 2018 WL 5024840 (S.D. Cal. Oct. 17, 2018); Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Defendant Mondelez International, Inc. in...
by Elizabeth | Oct 18, 2018 | 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: citizens petition filed over “Non-GMO” label, ARS publishes notice of intent to grant exclusive license on...
by Elizabeth | Oct 17, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial; Bankruptcy In re: BULLSEYE HOLDINGS, LLC, Debtor. BULLSEYE HOLDINGS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant., No. 4:13-BK-21374-BMW, 2018 WL 4998089 (Bankr. D. Ariz. Oct. 15, 2018); This matter came before the Court pursuant to the Complaint...
by Elizabeth | Oct 16, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial: Nutrition Program, Commercial Law HEADSTART NURSERY, INC., & T AND C SUPPLIES, INC., Plaintiffs, v. JACK PALMERI, & MOTHER EARTH ORGANIC FARMS, LLC, Defendants., No. 18-CV-03285-NC, 2018 WL 4961664 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 12, 2018): This case arises out of...
by Elizabeth | Oct 15, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial: NEPA, CASCADIA WILDLANDS, an Oregon non-profit corporation; OREGON WILD, an Oregon non-profit corporation; & BENTON FOREST COALITION, an Oregon corporation, Plaintiffs, v. ALICE CARLTON, in her official capacity as Umpqua Nat’l Forest Supervisor;...
by Elizabeth | Oct 12, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial: DEBORAH ZERAFA & RICHARD ZERAFA, Plaintiffs/Counterdefendants-Appellants, v. PETER HESSE & MARY HESSE, Defendants/Counterplaintiffs-Appellees., No. 339409, 2018 WL 4927104 (Mich. Ct. App. Oct. 9, 2018); Following a bench trial, the trial court...
by Elizabeth | Oct 11, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Regulatory: Final Rule: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA, The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes the General Administrative Regulations; Subpart L—Reinsurance Agreement—Standards for Approval; Regulations for the 2019 and Subsequent...
by Elizabeth | Oct 10, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides
Judicial: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAR-JAC POULTRY, INC., Defendant-Appellee., No. 16-17745, 2018 WL 4896339 (11th Cir. Oct. 9, 2018); The district court quashed a judicially-issued inspection warrant for a poultry processing facility, but...
by Elizabeth | Oct 9, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
Judicial: In re: BLAKE LAWRENCE KRETCHMAR, Debtor. SUSAN MANCHESTER, TRUSTEE & FARM CREDIT OF ENID, PCA Plaintiffs, v. BLAKE LAWRENCE KRETCHMAR, DANNY KRETCHMAR, DEBBIE KRETCHMAR, & KRETCHMAR FARMS, Defendants., No. 16-14337-JDL, 2018 WL 4859251 (Bankr. W.D....
by Elizabeth | Oct 8, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, Marketing Orders, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial: IN RE: MARGARET JO CARDWELL, Debtor., No. 17-50307-RLJ12, 2018 WL 4846520 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. Oct. 3, 2018); Debtor filed bankruptcy under chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code on December 4, 2017. Lone Star State Bank of West Texas, an asserted secured creditor,...
by Elizabeth | Oct 5, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food Labeling
Judicial: Food Labeling, Easements Hawkins v. The Kroger Co., No. 16-55532, 2018 WL 4782382 (9th Cir. Oct. 4, 2018) Court asked to determine, inter alia, whether FDA trans fat regulations governing the contents of the Nutrition Facts Panel preempt California’s...
by Elizabeth | Oct 5, 2018 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare, Biosecurity, Biotechnology, Commodity Credit Corporation, Daily Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Endangered Species Act, Estate Planning, Farm Service Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food and Drug Administration, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Forest Service, Grain Standards Act (GSA), heirs property, International Trade, Marketing Orders, National Environmental Policy Act, Nutrition Programs, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Renewable Energy, United States Department of Agriculture
Judicial: PACA, GMO, NEPA State v. Grocery Manufacturers Ass’n, 425 P.3d 927 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018); State brought action against nationwide trade association that represented food, beverage, and consumer product companies for alleged failure to register as a...
by Elizabeth | Oct 2, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Aquaculture, Biofuels, Biosecurity, Daily Update, Estate Planning, Farm Labor, Labor, Leases, Pesticides, Taxation, Zoning
Judicial: Labor, Insecticide, Susan Ahrens v. Hartford Florists’ Supply, Inc. et al. Additional Party Names: Delaware Valley Floral Grp., Inc., No. HHDCV166071005S, 2018 WL 4655804 (Conn. Super. Ct. Sept. 7, 2018); Plaintiff alleged on September 12, 2013, the...
by Elizabeth | Oct 1, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. Rasby v. Pillen, No. 17-3185, 2018 WL 4654718 (8th Cir. Sept. 28, 2018): In 1994, Plaintiff received a ten percent minority...
by Elizabeth | Sep 28, 2018 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Feeding Operations, Animal Identification, Animal Law, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food Safety, Foreign Agricultural Service, Poultry Products Inspection Act, United States Department of Agriculture
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: EPA, Environmental, CAFO, Insurance THE STATE OF COLORADO by & through the Colorado Dep’t of Nat. Res.,...
by Elizabeth | Sep 27, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Law, Water Law
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Aquaculture, Environmenal, APA, CAFO, Trespass, OTAY MESA PROPERTY, L.P., et al., PLAINTIFFS, v. UNITED STATES...
