Consumer Protection – May 23, 2012

by K&L Gates LLP on 5/18/2012

On May 9, 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS or Agency) published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on the Agency’s revised draft guidance on the...more

by Steven Getman on 4/17/2012

The village of Interlaken is the latest area municipality to ban so-called “puppy mills." At its April 12 meeting, the Village Board enacted the ban as part of its overhaul of the entire village code, according to...more

by Law Offices of David A. Gabay, PC on 2/20/2012

A recent article posted on MSNBC’s website by Alan Boyle revealed that a scientist working at a university in the Netherlands is working on a project to grow animal meat in a laboratory using funding provided by a private...more

by Kaiser Legal Group on 12/6/2011

Delivered to a national audience on December 6, 2011, in conjunction with the National Business Institute's Continuing Legal Education seminar (CLE) "Plaintiff's Guide to Dog-Bite Litigation." Mr. Kaiser will be...more

by Virginia Delion on 7/1/2011

A resolution stated that food prepared from transgenic products must contain this information on its label, whether or not there is proof that the products are harmful to health. Discussion on the harm of these foods to...more

by Rey Cartojano on 5/22/2011

Malaya's online edition last May 20, 2011 headlined that Filipino banana growers are “going bananas” over Biosecurity Australia's requirement that the Philippine bananas exported to Australia should be plants...more

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/4/2010

In response to certain amendments made by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to swaps in “agricultural commodities,” the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed to define...more

by Howard Ankin on 2/22/2010

Recalls of tainted food seem to be an ever increasing phenomenon. In January there was a massive recall of ground beef products.  As reported in USA Today, a California meat-packing company recalled 864,000 pounds of beef due...more