A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.

REGULATORY: AMS, EPA, NOAA

Agricultural Marketing Service

Notice announcing AMS’s intention to receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget for a new information collection to administer the Meat and Poultry Interstate Shipment and Inspection Readiness Program under its Grants Division. Info here.

Environmental Protection Agency

Final rule implementing changes to test procedures required to be used by industries and municipalities when analyzing the chemical, physical, and biological properties of wastewater and other environmental samples for reporting under EPA’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program. Info here.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Final rule implementing Framework Adjustment 33 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan. Info here.