by Elizabeth | Dec 20, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Labeling
Posted December 20, 2013 Two court decisions issued last week in food labeling class action lawsuits considered the issue of a “reasonable consumer,” according to the Washington Legal Foundation and published in Forbes here. In Ang v. Whitewave Foods Company,...
by Elizabeth | Dec 20, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted December 20, 2013 President Barack Obama nominated Darci Vetter to be the new chief agricultural negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, succeeding Ambassador Islam Siddiqui, according to an article by Agri-Pulse available here. Vetter...
by Elizabeth | Dec 20, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted December 20, 2013 A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit in which the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sought to compel USDA to enforce Animal Welfare Act amendments adopted in 2002, according to an article by the Kansas City Star available...
by Elizabeth | Dec 19, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biotechnology, Environmental Law, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted December 19, 2013 An apple variety which has been bioengineered to resist browning is likely to be approved by USDA early next year, according to an article by Agri-Pulse available here. The apple varieties, Arctic Golden and Arctic Granny, were developed...
by Elizabeth | Dec 19, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food Labeling, International Trade
Posted December 19, 2013 The European Commission recently proposed a draft rule banning the cloning of farm animals, imports of cloned livestock, and the sale of food from cloned animals, according to a Bloomberg article available here. The European Commissionis...
