by Elizabeth | Oct 14, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety
Posted October 14, 2013 Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Eric Jensen and Ryan Jensen, the two brothers who owned and operated a Colorado farm tied to the 2011 Listeria cantaloupe outbreak that killed 33 and sickened 147, according to press...
by Elizabeth | Oct 14, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted October 14, 2013 On Saturday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) named farm bill conferees, and will now move forward to conference with the Senate, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. The House...
by Elizabeth | Oct 11, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Country of Origin Labeling, NALC Resources, Webinar
Posted October 11, 2013 On November 14, 12-1 (CDT),the National Agricultural Law Center is hosting a webinar titled, COOL Or Not So COOL?: Overview and Discussion of Country of Origin Labeling. The presenters will be J. Dudley Butler, Farm and Ranch Law...
by Elizabeth | Oct 11, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
October 11, 2013 What is biotechnology? A uniformly accepted definition of “biotechnology” does not exist. In broad terms, it is the use of biological sciences to develop products, conventional plant and animal breeding techniques, conducted since the beginning of...
by Elizabeth | Oct 11, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food Labeling
October 11, 2013 Natural foods manufacturer, NOW Foods, has committed to make its entire food line non-genetically modified (GMO) by the end of 2013, according to an article by Food-Navigator, available here. NOW Foods, a company based in Bloomington, IL,...
