by Elizabeth | Mar 10, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The Register-Guard reports that organizers in Oregon hope to put a measure on the November ballot banning aerial spraying of herbicides on forest lands in Oregon after logging. They also want to collect signatures for a measure to add restrictions for steep-slope...
by Elizabeth | Mar 10, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
Capital Press reports that Washington’s attorney general Bob Ferguson filed suit against Food Democracy Action, a group that campaigned for GMO labels on food, claiming they violated disclosure laws by failing to timely report the sources of $200,000 it spent...
by Elizabeth | Mar 10, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
The Juneau Empire reports that U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced a bill last week requiring all genetically engineered salmon to carry the words “genetically engineered” or “GE.” The bill would also require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to...
by Elizabeth | Mar 8, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update, Hemp
According to the Capital Press website, House and Senate lawmakers in the state of Washington approved Senate Bill 6206 establishing regulations governing industrial hemp production. The House approved the bill 97-0. The Senate passed the measure 48-1 three weeks ago...
by Elizabeth | Mar 8, 2016 | Ag & Food Law Update
A South Dakota bill that changes the way county zoning is done for Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) has cleared a State Senate committee. The bill wants to streamline the approval process for permitting large livestock operations. Supporters of the bill...
