by Elizabeth | May 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Aquaculture, Farm Bill, Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted May 9, 2014 Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently stated that he intends to continue the push to fully establish a catfish inspection program within USDA, according to an article by Y’all Politics available...
by Elizabeth | May 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted May 9, 2014 Maryland has joined the appeal involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed, filing an amicus curiae brief in support of the EPA’s Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for nitrogen,...
by Elizabeth | May 8, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted May 8, 2014 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a strategy document that emphasizes voluntary compliance, risk-based, oversight, and expanded cooperation in the food safety community, according to an article by The Packer available...
by Elizabeth | May 8, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted May 8, 2014 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently announced that USDA is seeking applications from rural agricultural producers and small businesses for grant and loan guarantee funding to make energy efficiency improvements or to install renewable...
by Elizabeth | May 8, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade
Posted May 8, 2014 Japan and the United States reached a basic agreement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, described as “a path forward” in a joint statement by the governments, according to an article by The Japan News available here. While no...
