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17 Nov 2013, 10:14 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Department of Agriculture’s under secretary for food safety in December, food-safety experts, industry associations, consumer advocates and members of Congress have largely praised her tenure. [read post]
17 Nov 2013, 10:01 pm by James Andrews
In other cases, foreign customers outbid Americans for prized cuts. [read post]
15 Nov 2013, 7:30 am by James Hamilton
Left unaddressed, the failure to harmonize rules between the SEC, the CFTC, and their global counterparts will have substantial negative effects on domestic businesses operating abroad as well as the safety and soundness of the U.S. and international financial systems.More broadly, the House members pointed out that OTC derivatives remain a crucially important financial tool for corporations, agriculture providers, investors, and financial services firms attempting to manage their… [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 10:02 pm by Daniel B. Cohen
This includes (a) the Leafy Green Marketing Agreements (first California, then Arizona) under the state equivalents of the 1937 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, creating industry-run state agencies under the Departments of Agriculture authorities; (b) the use of the federal law for the single-state (California) production of almonds under a mandatory Marketing Order, with a rule issued by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, and (c) changing a… [read post]
3 Nov 2013, 10:02 pm by James Andrews
The move to align its BSE standards with international policies may also open U.S. beef exports to more foreign markets. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 8:53 am
Americans currently pay high taxes on food, clothing, automobiles, industrial inputs and other goods and services, and their own United States Trade Representative is vigorously fighting other countries to keep it that way. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 8:53 am
Among the carve-outs demanded by TPP participants are Japan’s agricultural protectionism and Malaysia’s imposition of discriminatory regulatory barriers to tobacco, but many such demands originate in Washington, including three of the negotiations’ most contentious issues:Sugar protectionism. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 8:53 am
Americans currently pay high taxes on food, clothing, automobiles, industrial inputs and other goods and services, and their own United States Trade Representative is vigorously fighting other countries to keep it that way. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 11:04 am by Carole (Staff Lawyer)
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28 Oct 2013, 6:11 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
In both lawsuits, the EEOC alleged that the employers had engaged in race and national origin discrimination when they trafficked foreign workers into the United States. [read post]
22 Oct 2013, 10:03 pm by Daniel B. Cohen
His farm relies on dairy compost from a well-established service that tests for O157:H7 and Salmonella, as well as for indicator pathogens. [read post]
22 Oct 2013, 10:02 pm by News Desk
“So, [the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service] has granted equivalency status to foreign inspection systems based on a domestic pilot project that might be flawed,” the letter read. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 5:30 am by JB
Department of Agriculture so whimsical as to be downright humorous. [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 11:14 am by Larry Catá Backer
  To illustrate that pattern, we focus on one of the most important powers conferred on the general government, the power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes" (U.S. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 10:02 pm by Maryn McKenna
Eighty-seven percent of its staff have been retained, including most of the Food Safety and Inspection Service. [read post]
25 Sep 2013, 8:20 pm by Daniel B. Cohen
EPA makes no distinction between “agricultural lands” for, say, grain production and for fresh fruits and vegetables, or between food crop, feed crop, fiber crop, range land or pasture; it is all agricultural land. [read post]
22 Sep 2013, 10:03 pm by James Andrews
Department of Agriculture should withdraw a proposal to modify its poultry slaughter inspection program, the Safe Food Coalition urged on Friday. [read post]
19 Sep 2013, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) suggests in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. [read post]
18 Sep 2013, 5:02 pm by admin
And what of the many, many regulated (i.e., protected) industries beyond those very few foreshadowed by the Government as warranting more competition in this round of political emphasis, such as airlines, financial services, liquor retailing, agricultural marketing, professional services, etc. [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 10:03 pm by News Desk
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, which is responsible for implementing COOL, issued a statement praising Judge Jackson’s decision, while the coalition of U.S., Canadian and Mexican meat organizations announced it would appeal the ruling. [read post]