Tag: milk
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EU Farmers Stage Protest Against Low Milk Prices
European farmers recently staged a demonstration outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Luxembourg City, where protesters blocked traffic with tractors, burned a bale of hay and spilled milk in opposition to softening commodity prices. Led by Copa-Cogeca and the European Milk Board, the protesters called on “the heads of state and government to…
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MDL Court Dismisses Aurora Dairy Litigation with Prejudice
The multitdistrict litigation (MDL) court in Missouri before which nearly 20 putative class actions against Aurora Dairy Corp., an accredited organic certifying agent and several retailers had been consolidated for pre-trial proceedings, has dismissed the lawsuits with prejudice finding that federal organic food laws preempt the claims. In re Aurora Dairy Corp. Organic Milk Mktg. &…
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Disputes over Insurance Coverage for Organic Milk Litigation Consolidated
A federal magistrate in Colorado has consolidated two lawsuits that address whether Aurora Dairy Corp.’s insurers are required to defend or indemnify the organic dairy in a host of consumer class actions alleging that the company falsely certified its milk as organic. ACE Am. Ins. Corp. v. Aurora Organic Dairy Corp., No. 08-1236 (D. Colo.,…
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Ninth Circuit Orders New Trial in Idaho Milk Permeate Litigation
Finding that a trial court erred in admitting evidence and instructing the jury in a lawsuit involving claims that milk permeate sickened or killed calves that were fed the product as a source of dietary energy, protein and minerals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has returned a breach-of-warranties lawsuit to the lower court for…
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dairy’s Right to Challenge Marketing Law Amendments
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the owners of a dairy are not required to first exhaust administrative remedies before bringing a constitutional challenge to Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act amendments. Hettinga v. U.S., No. 07-5403 (D.C. Cir., decided April 3, 2009). The amendments codified certain rule changes that the Secretary of Agriculture…
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CDC Study Finds Perchlorate in Commercial Infant Formula
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a study identifying perchlorate in 15 brands of powdered infant formula (PIF), which included products made from cow’s milk with lactose; cow’s milk without lactose; soy milk; and synthetic amino acids (elemental). Joshua G. Schier, “Perchlorate Exposure From Infant Formula and Comparisons With…
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Kansas Governor Urged to Veto Milk Hormone Bill
The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) has urged Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kansas) to veto a bill passed by the Kansas Legislature on April 3, 2009, that restricts U.S. dairies from labeling their milk products free from genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH or rbST). Sebelius, who is vying to become the new U.S. Secretary of…
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Consumer Group Calls for Action on Milk Protein Concentrates in Yogurt
Food & Water Watch has called on supporters to tell the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that they do not want milk protein concentrates (MPCs) in their dairy products. According to the advocacy group, unregulated imports of inexpensive MPCs “are driving down the price of domestically produced milk and putting American dairy farmers out of…