by Elizabeth | Feb 1, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Interim final rule with request for comments: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. This rule will remove seven voluntary U.S. grade standards and one consumer standard for fresh fruits and vegetables from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This...
by Elizabeth | Jan 31, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service
JUDICIAL: PEGASUS EQUINE GUARDIAN ASS’N v. U.S. ARMY, ET AL. Additional Party Names: Patrick D. Frank, No. 2:17-CV-0980, 2019 WL 362598 (W.D. La. Jan. 28, 2019) Before the court is a Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief [doc. 102] filed by Kimberly...
by Elizabeth | Jan 30, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Immigration, Labor, Landowner Liability, Water Law
JUDICIAL: JESUS SILVA RODRIGUEZ & RIGOBERTO ZEPEDA LOA, Plaintiffs, v. RCO REFORESTING, INC. & ROBERTO OCHOA, Defendants., No. 2:16-CV-2523 WBS DMC, 2019 WL 331159 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 25, 2019) Plaintiffs Jesus Rodriguez and Rigoberto Loa brought this action...
by Elizabeth | Jan 28, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: Smith v. Meyring Cattle Co., L.L.C., 302 Neb. 116 (2019): A ranch employee was injured, allegedly as a result of the ranch’s herding dog nipping at a cow, causing the cow to charge into the employee. The question presented is whether, as a matter of law,...
by Elizabeth | Jan 25, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: SUSAN M. STEELE, Plaintiff & Appellant, v. BELL-CARTER FOODS, INC, ET AL., Defendants & Respondents., No. A151952, 2019 WL 312146 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 24, 2019) Susan Steele (Steele) cracked her tooth while eating an olive that contained a pit or pit...
