by Elizabeth | Feb 17, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Antitrust
Posted February 17, 2014 On Friday, the Idaho Senate voted 23-10 for a bill that would make it a crime to interfere with agricultural production, according to an AgWeb article available here. Senate Bill 1337, available here, would make it a crime to record...
by Elizabeth | Feb 14, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Identification, Biosecurity, Food Safety, Veterinary Law
Posted February 14, 2014 The Washington Department of Agriculture is developing an animal traceability system to make searching cattle records easier in the event of a disease outbreak, according to a Capital Press article available here. Leonard Eldridge, a...
by Elizabeth | Feb 14, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Crop Insurance, National Organic Program
Posted February 14, 2014 Organic farmers are discussing how to deal with contamination from genetically modified (GMO) crops and “tolerance levels” for contamination, according to a Capital Press article available here. “The question is what threshold are we going...
by Elizabeth | Feb 14, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Department of Labor, Farm Labor, Grain Standards Act (GSA), Labor, Local Food Systems, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted February 14, 2014 The Department of Labor (DOL) has withdrawn an enforcement memo on grain bin safety and plans to update its guidance, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. Brian Kennedy, the DOL’s assistant secretary of the Office of...
by Elizabeth | Feb 13, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare
Posted February 13, 2014 Missouri’s Attorney General has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a California law regulating the living conditions of chickens, according to an article by the Associated Press available here. The LA Times also reported on the...
