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

REGULATORY: FWS, FNS

Fish and Wildlife Service

Proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the Texas hornshell, a freshwater mussel, under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.

Food and Nutrition Service

Notice inviting the general public and other public agencies to comment on the proposed information collection. This is a revision of the currently approved collection for the applications, periodic reporting, and notices burden calculations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Info here.

Notice informing the public that the Food and Nutrition Service of the USDA is withdrawing the proposed rule titled Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2019. This rule would have refined how receipt of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits may confer categorical eligibility for SNAP. Info here.