by Elizabeth | Mar 26, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biosecurity, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted March 26, 2014 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for a proposed rule on intentional adulteration of food, part of its implementation on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The Federal Register notice is...
by Elizabeth | Mar 26, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Water Law
Posted March 26, 2014 Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers announced a joint proposed rule clarifying “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act, according to a Bloomberg BNA article available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Mar 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Aquaculture, Water Law
Posted March 25, 2014 California will ease some water restrictions protecting fish in the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta to make more water available for farming, according to a Reuters article available here. “California’s agriculture is critical to the...
by Elizabeth | Mar 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
March 25, 2014 Members of Congress recently asked Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, to suspend the proposed Modernization of Poultry Inspection Rule, according to an article by Food Safety News available here. The Washington Post also reported on the story...
by Elizabeth | Mar 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Cooperatives
Posted March 24, 2014 Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) reported a successful, profitable year for its dairy farmers and expects the trend to continue this year, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. DFA reported net income of $61.3 million for 2013 with...
