by Elizabeth | Dec 16, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Environmental Law, Renewable Energy
Posted December 16, 2013 Golden Grain Energy, an Iowa ethanol company has been fined $10,000 by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for a fish kill which occurred in August, according to an article by the Globe Gazette available here. According to the...
by Elizabeth | Dec 16, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law
Posted December 16, 2013 A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the use of water quality trading to clean up the Chesapeake Bay on Friday, according to an article by the Baltimore Sun available here. Judge Rudolph Contreras, of the U.S. District Court for...
by Elizabeth | Dec 16, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food Labeling
Posted December 16, 2013 Governor of Connecticut, Dannel P. Malloy, recently signed a bill requiring all foods containing genetically modified (GMO) ingredients to be labeled, according to a CT Post article available here. Public Act 13-183 is available here. In...
by Elizabeth | Dec 13, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted December 13, 2013 In Greenfield v. Multnomah County, 259 Or. App. 687 (2013), the Oregon Court of Appeals considered state land use laws, specifically “farm stands” as a permitted use in the Exclusive Farm Use Zone. The decision has been criticized for...
by Elizabeth | Dec 13, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted December 13, 2013 On Thursday, Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), and Kay Hagan (D-NC) introduced a bill that would eliminate the requirement for corn ethanol from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), according to an article by Agri-Pulse...
by Elizabeth | Dec 13, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Feeding Operations, Animal Welfare, Biotechnology, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Veterinary Law
Posted December 13, 2013 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued two major proposals in its effort to curb “injudicious” use of antibiotics in agriculture, according to a Politico article available here. Antibiotics have been used in meat...
by Elizabeth | Dec 12, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Environmental Law, Renewable Energy
Posted December 12, 2013 The Department of the Interior recently released a final rule which extends the length of permits for wind farms to accidentally kill or injure bald and golden eagles. The final rule is available here. The rule extends the maximum term of...
by Elizabeth | Dec 12, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, International Trade
Posted December 12, 2013 After China rejected U.S. corn shipments, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official suggested that farmers consider internationally accepted standards for genetically modified (GMO) crops, according to an article by AgProfessional available here....
by Elizabeth | Dec 12, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Crop Insurance, Farm Bill
Posted December 12, 2013 While conferees are still negotiating and some parts of the farm bill are unknown, one certainty is that crop insurance will be prominent part of the legislation. Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer, of the Agricultural Policy Analysis...
by Elizabeth | Dec 11, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Conservation Programs, Farm Bill, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
Posted December 11, 2013 USDA recently released a report finding that farm bill conservation practices are reducing runoff of nutrients and sediment in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, according to a USDA news release available here. The full report is available here....
by Elizabeth | Dec 11, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Law, Aquaculture, Biotechnology, Environmental Law, Food and Drug Administration
Posted December 11, 2013 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to announce its decision on genetically modified salmon soon, according to Liz Ruskin of APRN in an article available here. AquaBounty, a U.S. company, plans to create Atlantic salmon...
by Elizabeth | Dec 11, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted December 11, 2013 USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently released an action plan aimed at reducing Salmonella contamination, according to an article by the Oregonian available here. The action plan comes after a Salmonella outbreak traced...
by Elizabeth | Dec 10, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted December 10, 2013 After months of negotiations, farm bill conferees are close to a deal that would clear the way for passing a farm bill in January, according to Kyle Potter of the Forum News Service in an article available here. Minnesota Representative...
by Elizabeth | Dec 10, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Safety, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted December 10, 2013 Santa Maria Foods, of Brampton, Ontario, is recalling 2,600 pounds of whole boneless ham prosciutto products for potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to an article by Food Safety News available here. USDA’s Food...
by Elizabeth | Dec 10, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, United States Department of Agriculture
Posted December 10, 2013 USDA recently announced its termination of the proposed leafy green marketing agreement (LGMA) that would have allowed the industry to develop and oversee leafy green handling guidelines within limits set by the FDA and other regulators,...
by Elizabeth | Dec 9, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted December 9, 2013 The National Agricultural Law Center offers a wide range of resources, one which is the United States Farm Bills database, available here. This resource includes farm bills from the 2012 Senate (Agricultural Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of...
by Elizabeth | Dec 9, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Pesticides, Sustainable Agriculture
Posted December 9, 2013 The Hawaiian island of Maui will consider a bill that would require companies to disclose when they use pesticides and genetically modified (GMO) crops on the island, according to a Reuters article available here. Maui County Councilwoman...
by Elizabeth | Dec 9, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Carbon, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency
Posted December 9, 2013 Nine Northeastern states making up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative are urging the EPA to mirror its program for a national carbon market, according to an article by Forbes available here. Final federal rules for emissions from...
by Elizabeth | Dec 6, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted December 6, 2013 After a meeting on Wednesday, farm bill negotiators made major advances, but conferees say a deal is unlikely by Dec. 31. The four top principal negotiators from the House and Senate Agriculture committees met in an hour-long closed-door...
by Elizabeth | Dec 6, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted December 6, 2013 USDA’s latest report of dairy product commercial disappearance and its milk cost of production data have caused some confusion, according to a Capital Press article available here. USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) said they will update...
