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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

Congress Sneaks Pro-Monsanto, Anti-Consumer Bill into Law

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 4/2/2013

Hidden within the appropriations bill passed by Congress last week to fund the federal government was an unnecessary rider that rolls back consumer rights and sharply restricts the ability to seek justice through the judicial...more

FDA Announces Publication of Two Proposed Rules Implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act

by Nathan Beaver, Michael Flanagan | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/8/2013

On Friday, January 4, 2013, FDA announced the pre-publication of two long-awaited proposed rules implementing parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011....more

FDA Announces 100k Genome Project

by Richard Fama | Cozen O'Connor on 9/3/2012

The Food and Drug Administration(FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are collaborating with the University of California Davis and Agilent Technologies, a chemical analysis/engineering company from Santa Clara,...more

FSIS Seeks Comments on Second Draft of HACCP Validation Guidance

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Service (FSIS or Agency) published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on the Agency’s revised draft guidance on the...more

Monsanto Allowed to Put Genetically Modified Food on Your Plate

by Lawyers.com on 5/17/2012

Farmers, seed distributors and food justice organizations filed an appeal after their lawsuit against agricultural giant Monsanto was dismissed. More than 80 plaintiffs, including the Organic Seed Growers and Trade...more

Washington Policy Outlook (Presentation) - October 4, 2011

by Ober|Kaler on 10/11/2011

In This Presentation: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE. . . - The Usual Caveats and Thanks - Somatic Cell Count Fiasco - Animal Drug Residues Sampling - Electronic Reporting of Dairy Product Prices - Farm Bill/Federal...more