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THE AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: MAY 16, 2016

The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and...

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Center for Agricultural and Shale Law Posts Agricultural Law Weekly Review

The latest installment of the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law’s Agricultural Law Weekly Review is now available.  Topics...

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THE AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: MAY 10, 2016

The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and...

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THE AG & FOOD LAW UPDATE: MAY 9, 2016

The following information is a comprehensive, though not necessarily exhaustive, summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and...

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Maryland bill would ban products laced with neonicotinoids

The Baltimore Sun reports the Maryland senate passed a bill earlier this month that would ban stores from selling products laced...

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Monsanto sues to keep glyphosate off list of carcinogens

Posted January 26, 2016 Monsanto filed a lawsuit against California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment seeking to keep a main...

U.S. Regulators May Recommend Glyphosate Testing, Review Soon Available

–> Posted April 22, 2014 U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide...

Glyphosate Possibly Linked to Cancer, WHO Report

Posted April 3, 2014 Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the herbicide glyphosate,...

USDA Approved New Monsanto GMO Seeds

Posted January 21, 2015 Monsanto has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for new genetically modified cotton...

Canadian Beekeepers Sue Bayer and Syngenta

Posted September 9, 2014 Canadian beekeepers are suing crop pesticide companies for more than $400 million in damages, according to...

Kauai GMO and Pesticide Use Labeling Law Ruled Invalid

Posted August 26, 2014 A federal judge has ruled that a Kauai County law that requires companies to disclose use...

Tolerance Amended for Spirodiclofen Residue

Posted June 12, 2014   The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amended a tolerance for residues of spirodiclofen in or on citrus...

Tolerances Established for Tricyclazole Residue

Posted June 12, 2014   The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established tolerance for residues of tricyclazole in or on imported rice....

Congress Seeks to Temporarily Ban Pesticides Linked to Death of Honeybees

Posted June 9, 2014   A bill (HR 2692) temporarily banning pesticides linked to bee deaths has 65 Congressional co-sponsors, according...

Lawsuit Seeks to Ban Pesticide Use on GM Crops in Wildlife Refuges

Posted June 6, 2014   The Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

Agreement Reached to Protect Endangered Salmon from Pesticides

Posted June 6, 2014   An alliance of advocates for alternatives to pesticides, conservation organizations, and fishing groups have reached an...

EPA Extends Comment Period for Pesticide Exposure Rule

Posted May 19, 2014   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the comment period for an additional 60 days...