by Elizabeth | Jan 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Feeding Operations, Biosecurity, Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted January 28, 2014 A virus already responsible for killing about one million piglets in the United States has been reported in Canada, according to an article by the Canadian Press available here. The PEDV (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus) was discovered in a...
by Elizabeth | Jan 28, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Labeling
Posted January 28, 2014 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will revise nutrition label standards, according to an article by the Washington Post available here. The FDA says that knowledge about nutrition has evolved over the last 20 years, and the labels...
by Elizabeth | Jan 27, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, Farm Bill, Food Labeling, Nutrition Programs
Posted January 27, 2014 This evening, negotiators from the U.S. House and Senate announced a bipartisan agreement on a five-year farm bill and released the conference report, according to a press release from the House Agriculture Committee available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Jan 27, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling
Posted January 27, 2014 The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that a public hearing of the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rule is set for February 18-19 in Geneva, according to an article by Meat & Poultry available here. Canada asked the...
by Elizabeth | Jan 27, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted January 27, 2014 The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) recently voiced its opposition to changes in the payment limitation reforms in the farm bill, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. Ferd Hoefner, NSAC policy director,...
