by Elizabeth | Dec 5, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety
Posted December 5, 2013 The U.S. Justice Department received a two-month extension in a $40 million lawsuit that tomato growers filed against the government for losses in 2008 when officials named tomatoes in a salmonella outbreak that was later found to be linked...
by Elizabeth | Dec 5, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food Labeling
Posted December 5, 2013 Colorado could be the next state to vote on labeling rules for genetically modified (GMO) food, according to an article by the Huffington Post, available here. Larry Cooper, co-chair of the Right to Know Colorado campaign, said that the...
by Elizabeth | Dec 5, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety
Posted December 5, 2013 Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, former USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety, will joint Deloitte & Touche LLP consumer products practice as a food safety senior advisor, according to a Farm Futures article available here. Hagen will “advise...
by Elizabeth | Dec 4, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Labeling, Food Safety
Posted December 4, 2013 Raw milk produced in South Dakota will be regulated under new rules beginning December 11, 2013, according to a Food Safety News article available here. South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch approved the rules, the changes...
by Elizabeth | Dec 4, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety
Posted December 4, 2013 Eric and Ryan Jensen have agreed to assign their lawsuit against PrimusLabs to the victims of the 2011 listeria outbreak connected to cantaloupe from their farm, according to an article by The Packer available here. The Jensens hired...
