by Elizabeth | Oct 23, 2017 | Ag & Food Law Update, Continuing Education, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
The Produce Safety Team is excited to launch their first Produce Safety Grower Trainings for Arkansas. Their first workshop will be held in Little Rock on November 7 at the C.A Vines 4-H Center. Five trainings are currently planned, but more will be scheduled in 2018....
by Elizabeth | Oct 23, 2017 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Antitrust, Food Safety
Written by: Amie Alexander, JD/MPS Candidate, William H. Bowen School of Law Animal rights groups have filed suit against Iowa officials, challenging the constitutionality of an Iowa State Statute, a so-called “Ag-Gag” law, on October 10, 2017. Iowa Code § 717A.3A...
by Elizabeth | Oct 23, 2017 | 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: USDA withdraws proposed GIPSA rule, Departments of Justice and State announce partnership to fight visa...
by Elizabeth | Oct 23, 2017 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare, Antitrust, Aquaculture, Bankruptcy, Clean Air Act, Daily Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Labor, Finance and Credit, Fish and Wildlife Service, Food Labeling, International Trade, Labor, Marketing Orders, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nutrition Programs, Renewable Energy, Rural Utilities 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. JUDICIAL: Includes labor, food labeling, and finance & credit issues. In Jimmy Dean Austin, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. Jon...
by Elizabeth | Oct 19, 2017 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides, Webinar
Pesticide use and subsequent damage to neighboring crops is an ongoing problem for producers across the country this year. For example, farmers in Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois have sued biotech companies specifically over dicamba damage. (The dicamba herbicide is...
