by Elizabeth | Feb 2, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted February 2, 2015 Lawmakers have proposed a bill that would establish a single food safety agency by uniting the oversight functions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and other agencies, according to a...
by Elizabeth | Jan 30, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Feeding Operations, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency
–> Posted January 30, 2015 A Minnesota federal judge ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is allowed to release information regarding livestock farms subject to concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) regulations, according to...
by Elizabeth | Jan 30, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Feeding Operations, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency
Posted January 30, 2015 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being sued by five animal activist and environmental organizations because they never responded to an earlier concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) petition, according to a Meating...
by Elizabeth | Jan 28, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade
Posted January 28, 2015 U.S. trade officials could finalize the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the coming months, according to a Reuters article available here. Farm Futures also published an article available here, Washington Post here, and The Hill here....
by Elizabeth | Jan 26, 2015 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted January 26, 2015 The House and Senate committees have set a joint Feb. 4 hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Water Act rule, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. WNAX also published an article available...
