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

REGULATORY: EPA, FSIS, FWS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Notice announcing that the EPA has issued calendar year 2022 allowances for the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons. Info here.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Proposed rule announcing that the FWS propose to list Eriogonum tiehmii (hereafter Tiehm’s buckwheat), a plant species native to Nevada in the United States, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

Notice announcing that the Republic of Poland is eligible to export poultry products to the United States. Info here.

LEGISLATIVE: Includes California

CALIFORNIA

AB 1200 prohibits, beginning January 1, 2023, any person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale any food packaging that contains regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS. This Info here.