Category: Issue 551
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U.S. Codex Delegates Schedule Food Additives Meeting
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety and the Food and Drug Administration have announced a February 17, 2015, public meeting in College Park, Maryland, to discuss draft U.S. positions for consideration during the 47th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives slated for March 23-27 in Xi’an,…
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USDA Extends Comment Period for Organic Product Exemption Under Commodity Promotion Law
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Marketing Service has extended until February 17, 2015, the comment period for a proposed rule that would expand assessment exemptions for commodity promotion activities “to cover all ‘organic’ and ‘100 percent organic’ products certified under the National Organic Program regardless of whether the person requesting the exemption also produces,…
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FDA Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Produce Rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed rule establishing science-based standards for the growing, harvesting, packing and holding of produce for human consumption. The draft EIS reportedly identifies the following rule provisions as potentially significant to the human environment and offers alternatives for consideration:…
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House Lawmakers Propose Bill to Reduce Taxes on Craft Brewers
A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives has proposed legislation that would reduce excise taxes levied on the first two million barrels of beer sold annually by small brewers. Reps. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) and Richard Neal (D-Mass.) were joined by Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), and Patrick Meehan (R-Penn.) in proposing…
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McDonough Honored as NLJ Litigation Trailblazer & Pioneer
The National Law Journal (NLJ) recently recognized Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Co-Chair Madeleine McDonough among the 50 attorneys selected for its inaugural class of Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers. “The ‘Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers’ list recognizes those professionals who have acted as real agents of change in their field, elevating—and in some…