by Elizabeth | Jun 19, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted June 19, 2014 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced a judgment and order against a Viroqua dairy farm that allegedly discharged manure from its storage facility into a stream, according to an article on the Washington Examiner available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Jun 19, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare
Posted June 19, 2014 The Center for Animal Wellbeing is hosting the fourth annual symposium August 7 on advances and current issues in food animal wellbeing, according to a Division of Agriculture press release available here. Registration for the one-day...
by Elizabeth | Jun 19, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Local Food Systems
Posted June 19, 2014 Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a bill to reduce restrictions for craft beverage producers in New York, according to an article on Dan’s Papers by Kristen Fedor available here. Riverhead News-Review also published an article available here,...
by Elizabeth | Jun 19, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Aquaculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Food Labeling
Posted June 19, 2014 Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assured pregnant women and nursing women that they should include more seafood in their diets, according to an article on Wall Street Journal by Bonnie Rochman available here. The Boston...
by Elizabeth | Jun 19, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety
Posted June 19, 2014 A Blue Hill farmer, Dan Brown, lost an appeal to sell raw milk without a state license, according to an article on The New York Times by Jess Bidgood available here. Portland Press Herald also published an article available here, Boston...