by Elizabeth | Apr 9, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biosecurity, Food Safety, International Trade, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted April 9, 2014 China has imposed tougher restrictions for imports of live pigs from the U.S., citing concerns about the deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), according to an article by the Wall Street Journal available here. PEDv has killed over...
by Elizabeth | Apr 8, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted April 8, 2014 The FDA needs increased funding in FY 2015 to completely implement rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. FDA Administrator Margaret Hamburg recently told a Senate panel that the...
by Elizabeth | Apr 8, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted April 8, 2014 The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated the March 28 ruling denying the American Meat Institute’s attempt to block USDA’s final rule on country-of-origin labeling (COOL). The Court will rehear the case en banc on May 19, according to...
by Elizabeth | Apr 8, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
April 8, 2014 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrators recently acted to explain the proposed rule clarifying the phrase “waters of the U.S.” under the Clean Water Act. Farm and Ranch Guide published an op-ed by Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator...
by Elizabeth | Apr 7, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Labeling
Posted April 7, 2014 The National Agricultural Law Center offers a wide range of resources, one of which is the Food Labeling Reading Room available here. Food labeling is generally regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Food and Drug...
