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...
