by Elizabeth | Nov 10, 2011 | Ag & Food Law Update
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied two citizen petitions that asked the Agency to ban certain uses of antibiotics in food animals. The petitions, filed in 1999 and 2005, urge the FDA to withdraw the approvals for antibiotics given to animals...
by Elizabeth | Nov 9, 2011 | Ag & Food Law Update
The George Washington University Seminar on Food will take place November 21, 2011. The seminar will address the market concentration of meat packing. Discussion Featuring: 1) Mark Halverson, Staff Director, U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee 2)...
by Elizabeth | Nov 9, 2011 | Ag & Food Law Update
This week, a federal appeals court panel ruled that irrigators along Nebraska’s Niobrara River did not have their property rights violated when the state ordered them to shut off their pumps in 2007. In an opinion, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S....
by Elizabeth | Nov 9, 2011 | Ag & Food Law Update
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service released a report titled, “The Renewable Identification Number System and U.S. Biofuel Mandates.” According to the press release, the report, “provides an overview...
by Elizabeth | Nov 8, 2011 | Ag & Food Law Update
Kansas U.S. Senator Jerry Moran is voicing concern with USDA’s plan to conduct an animal welfare scientific forum. Moran stated that, “The ironic thing about this forum is that there is little science involved. It is nothing more than – in my...
