by Elizabeth | Mar 6, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Labeling
Posted March 6, 2014 Important players in the food industry, the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute, plan to launch a marketing campaign to promote their “Facts Up Front,” program, according to a Politico article available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Mar 6, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, Disaster Assistance Programs
Posted March 6, 2014 Two potato growers in North Dakota have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to spoil their stored potato crop, for which they received close to $840,000 in crop insurance and disaster payments, according to an article by The Packer available...
by Elizabeth | Mar 5, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, Labor
March 5, 2014 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published an interim final rule protecting workers who report violations under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), according to an article by Connie N. Bertram and Amy Blackwood...
by Elizabeth | Mar 5, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted March 5, 2014 Florida, Texas, Alaska and 18 other states recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) in its case against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) involving the Chesapeake Bay, according to an...
by Elizabeth | Mar 5, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Labeling
Posted March 5, 2014 In Lilly v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., No. 12-55921, 2014 WL 644706, (9th Cir. Feb. 6, 2014), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals considered a case involving the sodium content labeling on sunflower seeds. The Court held that the Nutrition Labeling...
