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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Foie Gras Faux Pas: City Runs A-fowl of State Farming Protections

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In City of New York v Ball, 2024 NY Slip Op 24179 [Sup Ct, Albany County 2024], the Albany County Supreme Court upheld a determination of the Commissioner (“Commissioner”) of the Department of Agriculture and Markets...more

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Regenerative Agriculture: Sustainability in Farming

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Farmers play an important role in all of our lives. They grow the food that the rest of us need to survive. The practices of farming have evolved over time and some argue that adopting a change to modern farming techniques...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Florida Hemp Regulation is Coming: What Farmers, Investors, and Business Owners Can Do Now

On December 12, 2018, President Trump signed the Farm Bill removing hemp from the list of controlled substances and making it federally legal to grow and sell hemp. Hemp comes from the same cannabis plant that produces...more

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Priority Actions for Advancing Water Quality Trading: National Network on Water Quality Dialogue

The National Network on Water Quality Trading (“Network”) published a report titled: Breaking Down Barriers: Priority Actions for Advancing Water Quality Trading (October 2018) (“Report”) - The Network describes itself...more

Hogan Lovells

FSMA Implementation Update (March 2018)

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There have been several recent developments regarding implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The below post summarizes the following topics: - Guidance on application of the Foreign Supplier...more

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Farms Required to Report Air Releases from Animal Waste

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On April 11, 2017, the Federal Court struck down the 2008 EPA Rule exempting most farms from reporting releases of hazardous air pollutants under CERCLA and EPCRA. The rule exempted farms which had fewer animals than large...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | October 2017 #4

Furans in Baby Food May Pose Health Risk, EFSA Reports - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued an assessment of the risks of furans and related compounds 2- and 3-methylfurans, concluding that they pose a...more

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Majority in favour of improving fairness in EU food supply chain

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Initial responses to the European Commission’s public consultation on how to make the EU food supply chain fairer suggest that, bar retailers, the majority of significant stakeholders (including Member States, farmer groups,...more

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