The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Many of the summaries provide links that take the reader to primary documents or websites with additional resources. Please email important additions to: camarigg@uark.edu

Table of Contents
– Case Law
– Legislative
– Regulatory

CASE LAW: Today’s cases include a conservation easement and removal of horses from federal land. 

Carroll v. Comm’r of Internal Revenue, No. 5445-13, 2016 WL 1757508 (T.C. Apr. 27, 2016) – Considered extinguishment of conservation easement.

FRIENDS OF ANIMALS, INC., Plaintiff, v. S.M.R. JEWELL, et al., Defendants., No. 15-CV-01500 (CRC), 2016 WL 1948811 (D.D.C. May 3, 2016) – Considered a challenge to remove horses from federal land.

LEGISLATIVE: No relevant legislative activity. 

REGULATORY: Includes EPA and FDA Rules and Notices. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Rule The chemical Butanedioic acid, 2-sulfo-, C-C9-11-isoalkyl esters, C10-rich, disodium salts is now exempt from the maximum concentration of 10% by weight in pesticide formulations. Details here.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Rule This rule describes residue tolerances for the drug fluxapyroxad among different commodities and livestocks. Info here.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Notice The Arkansas and Tennessee Departments of Agriculture and the Mississippi Departments of Agriculture and Commerce applied to use Sulfoxaflor on cotton fields to control the tarnished plant bug. Info here.

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: Proposed Rule Labeling Guide for Restaurants and Retail Establishments Selling Away-From-Home Foods: Part II (Menu Labeling Requirements in Accordance with the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act of 2010). Details here.

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: Notice This announcement seeks comments on the information collection provisions of the FDA’s regulations requiring registration for domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for human or animal consumption in the US. Info here.