by Elizabeth | Feb 13, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted February 13, 2014 U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced legislation that would require oversight and inspection of chemical storage facilities and aboveground storage tanks, according to an article by the Huntington News, available here....
by Elizabeth | Feb 13, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted February 13, 2014 Rancho Feeding Corporation, of Peteluma, California, has recalled about 8.7 million pounds of beef, because it processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out these activities without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspection,...
by Elizabeth | Feb 12, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted February 12, 2014 The National Agricultural Law Center offers a wide range of resources, one of which is the National Organic Program Reading Room available here. The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 was enacted to create “national standards governing...
by Elizabeth | Feb 12, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance
Posted February 12, 2014 Citrus growers in California lost about $441 million in revenue due to crop damage from a week-long freeze in December and a shortened growing season, according to an article by The Grower available here. Shipments will likely end in...
by Elizabeth | Feb 12, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted February 12, 2014 A group of U.S. Senators recently asked the Obama Administration for help in overcoming a propane shortage, according to a press release from Sen. Thad Cochran’s office available here. Sens. Thad Cochran (R-MS), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and 27...
