by Elizabeth | Mar 4, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Food and Drug Administration
Posted March 4, 2015 Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced the Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance Act (PARA), according to a Food Safety News article available here. The Wall Street Journal also published an article here,...
by Elizabeth | Mar 2, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted March 2, 2015 An environmental group sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accusing regulators of discounting the dangers of a widely used herbicide threatening the declining monarch butterfly population, according to Reuters. NBC News also...
by Elizabeth | Mar 2, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted March 2, 2015 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that a one-time extension will be provided to producers for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC),...
by Elizabeth | Feb 17, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted February 17, 2015 U.S. regulators have approved two genetically engineered apple varieties designed to resist browning, according to an Ag Professional article available here. The Des Moines Register also published an article available hereand Reuters...
by Elizabeth | Feb 17, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted February 17, 2015 Syngenta AG may file counterclaims against some of the 750 plus U.S. grain farmers and exporters who have sued them over sales of biotech corn seed that disrupted trading with China last year, according to an Ag Professional article...
