by Elizabeth | Sep 4, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fish and Wildlife Service
Posted September 4, 2013 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that it will reopen the public comment period for a proposed designation of critical habitat for the Neosho mucket and rabbitsfoot mussels under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA),...
by Elizabeth | Aug 30, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted August 30, 2013 The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) published a final rule revising the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations and the Food Distribution Program for Indian Households in Oklahoma (FDPIR), according to the Federal Register...
by Elizabeth | Aug 30, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Environmental Law, International Trade
Posted August 30, 2013 The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) requests comments from the public on the interim environmental review of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), according to the Federal Register Notice, available here. The...
by Elizabeth | Aug 30, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted August 30, 2013 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the receipt of applications to add new food uses on previously registered pesticide products containing the insecticide flonicamid, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide,...
by Elizabeth | Aug 30, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted August 30, 2013 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a $25 million damages award against Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, ruling that it did not violate the Packers and Stockyards Act because its actions were neither “illegitimate nor...
