by Elizabeth | Mar 18, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety
Posted March 18, 2014 Dole Fresh Vegetables has expanded its recall of bagged salad to the U.S., after first issuing a recall in Canada, according to an article by Food Safety News available here. ABC News also reported on the story here. The products being...
by Elizabeth | Mar 18, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Farm Bill, Finance and Credit, Food Safety, Local Food Systems, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted March 18, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced new and expanded efforts to connect small- and mid-sized farmers and ranchers with USDA resources, according to a USDA News Release available here. “The recent Census of Agriculture shows...
by Elizabeth | Mar 18, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade
Posted March 18, 2014 Trade talks ended on Tuesday with no breakthrough for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would create the largest free-trade zone in history, linking key Asian-Pacific economies with Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Peru, and Chile, according to an...
by Elizabeth | Mar 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted March 17, 2014 The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Water Rights Protection Act on a mostly party-line vote of 238-174, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. The bill, H.R. 3189, sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO), would...
by Elizabeth | Mar 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, International Trade
Posted March 17, 2014 A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) shows an increase in low levels of genetically modified (GMO) crops in traded food and feed, according to an FAO news release here. Agri-Pulse also reported on...
