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Animal Law on Agenda for AALA Annual Conference
- October 15, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 15, 2013 Animal law will be prominently featured at the upcoming 34th Annual Conference of the American Agricultural...
CA Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Food Labeling Case
- October 15, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 15, 2013 In Simpson v. Kroger Corp. et al., No. B242405, 2013 WL 5347881, Cal. Ct. App. (September...
Farm Bill Could Benefit From Government Shutdown
- October 15, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 15, 2013 Jerry Hagstrom reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) recently proposed that the farm bill...
Owners of Jensen Farms Face Criminal Charges in 2011 Listeria Outbreak
- October 14, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 14, 2013 Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Eric Jensen and Ryan Jensen, the two brothers who...
House Names Farm Bill Conferees
- October 14, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 14, 2013 On Saturday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) named farm...
Save the Date: November 14 Webinar on Country of Origin Labeling
- October 11, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 11, 2013 On November 14, 12-1 (CDT),the National Agricultural Law Center is hosting a webinar titled, COOL Or...
NALC Resource: Biotechnology Reading Room
- October 11, 2013
- Elizabeth
October 11, 2013 What is biotechnology? A uniformly accepted definition of “biotechnology” does not exist. In broad terms, it is...
NOW Foods Will Sell Only Non-GMO Products by Year’s End
- October 11, 2013
- Elizabeth
October 11, 2013 Natural foods manufacturer, NOW Foods, has committed to make its entire food line non-genetically modified (GMO) by...
Monsanto Buys Climate Corp. for Nearly $1 Billion
- October 11, 2013
- Elizabeth
October 11, 2013 In one of the largest buys of a data analytics company, Monsanto has agreed to buy the...
House to Appoint Farm Bill Conferees
- October 10, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 10, 2013 House GOP leaders will appoint farm bill conferees in the next week, according to U.S. Representative...
District Court Dismisses Nebraska Water Rights Lawsuit
- October 10, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 10, 2013 In Frenchman Cambridge Irr. Dist. V. Heineman, No. 8:12CV445, 2013 WL 5367353 (D.D.C. September 24, 2013),...
Court Grants Motion to Intervene in COOL Case
- October 10, 2013
- Elizabeth
October 10, 2013 The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted four groups’ motion to intervene in a...
Oct. 10 Webinar/CLE: (When) Can Private Citizens Enforce States’ Animal Welfare Laws?
- October 9, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 9, 2013 The National Agricultural Law Center and the American Agricultural Law Association are co-sponsoring a webinar titled, “Enforcing...
Update: District Court Ruling Forces EPA Action on “Dead Zone”
- October 9, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 9, 2013 In Gulf Restoration Network, et al. v. Jackson, No. 12-677, 2013 WL 55328547 (E.D.L.A. September...
EPA Opens Review of Pesticide Methyl Bromide
- October 9, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 9, 2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened its registration review of fifteen fumigant pesticides, including...
WTO Adopts Report in China-U.S. Poultry Dispute, China Will Not Appeal
- October 9, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 9, 2013 U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman recently announced that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has formally adopted...
Wisconsin Law Review Symposium Set for Oct. 31, 2013
- October 8, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 8, 2013 The Wisconsin Law Review Symposium, “Safety and Sustainability in the Era of Food Systems: Reaching a...
Lawsuit Filed Against Safeway over “100% Natural” Food Labeling
- October 8, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 8, 2013 A proposed class action lawsuit against Safeway has been filed alleging that the company misled consumers...
Oregon Passes Bill Protecting Biotech Crops
- October 8, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 8, 2013 During a special session which concluded last week, the Oregon legislature passed a package of bills...
EPA to Investigate Hawaii Molasses Spill
- October 7, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted October 7, 2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Hawaii’s state Department of Health will both investigate a...