by Elizabeth | Feb 27, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted February 27, 2014 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently agreed to new deadlines for final rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), according to an article by Food Navigator-USA available here. National Law Review also reported on...
by Elizabeth | Feb 27, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Disaster Assistance Programs, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
February 27, 2014 Drought relief for ranchers through USDA has been expedited, with the sign-up for the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) beginning as soon as April 14, according to an article by Farm Futures available here. The Agriculture Act of 2014 livestock...
by Elizabeth | Feb 26, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety
Posted February 26, 2014 A northern Michigan farm owner was sentenced to prison after producing and selling apple cider contaminated with E. coli that sickened several people, according to an article by Michigan Live available here. The Republic also reported on...
by Elizabeth | Feb 26, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted February 26, 2014 The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) recently voiced its concerns related to “big data,” ownership and control of farm-level data, and privacy, according to an AFBF news release available here. “Big data” in agriculture has been a...
by Elizabeth | Feb 26, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Labor, Food Safety, Labor, Pesticides
Posted February 26, 2014 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced proposed changes to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) which would increase protections from pesticide exposure for the nation’s two million agricultural workers and...
