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Food Law Prof Blog

Written by Donna M. Byrne, Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law

Post Frequency: 2/day

Last Entry: September 18, 2010 at 14:54:02

Farmed or wild fish: Which is healthier?

Posted on February 14, 2010
A recent CNN News article examined the debate between the benefits and risks of farmed and wild salmon. A 2006 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association(JAMA) concludes that the benefits will usually outweigh the risks. From....

Jonathan Safran Foer on the Colbert Report

Posted on February 10, 2010
It's not quite law, but I'll grab any excuse to link to the Colbert Report. One of my favorite authors, Jonathan Safran Foer, appeared on the Colbert Report last night to promote his new book, Eating Animals. Here's a link...

FDA receives budget increase for food safety

Posted on February 09, 2010
Last week, President Obama formally unveiled his proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year, which starts in October. Early reports indicated that the Obama administration would propose a freeze on discretionary spending for all government programs, with the exception of...

Alaskan fisheries gain sought after certification

Posted on February 09, 2010
According to a statement released by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) , two Pacific cod fisheries have earned MSC certification. From the Kodiak, Alaska, Daily Mirror: . . . MSC is an international nonprofit organization that promotes solutions to the...

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Junk food linked to depression

Posted on February 09, 2010
According to a study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry a diet that consists of consuming processed ?junk? food may trigger or contribute to depression. Reporting on the study, an MSNBC News article explains: ... two dietary patterns were...

FDA Updates Statement on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak

Posted on February 04, 2010
FDA News Release, Feb. 4, 2010: The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Food Safety and Inspection Service, continues to work closely with the Rhode Island Department...

United States Seizes more than 1,500 Cases of Food from Wisconsin Distribution Warehouse

Posted on February 04, 2010
FDA News Release, Feb. 3, 2010: FDA acts after inspections reveal filthy, rodent-infested facility At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals on Tuesday seized a wide range of human and animal food products stored under...

Cow Pies to Power America

Posted on February 03, 2010
The US Department of Agriculture and US dairy producers announced last December that they have reached an agreement to accelerate implementation of innovative manure to energy projects on American dairy farms. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, hails the agreement as...

Target going wild

Posted on February 03, 2010
Target announced in a press release last week that it will discontinue the sale of farm-raised salmon in all of its stores. The farm-raised salmon will be replaced with sustainably caught wild Alaskan salmon certified by the Marine Stewardship Council...

Menu Labeling Updates: New Research Shows that Menu Labeling is Curbing Consumers? Caloric Intake ? and also Leading Major Restaurant Chains to Offer Healthier Menu Options

Posted on February 03, 2010
This is a guest post by Kate Armstrong, Staff Attorney, Public Health Law Center, William Mitchell College of Law. According to two recent studies, nutrition labeling on menus in chain restaurants is leading consumers to make lower-calorie menu selections for...

Timothy D. Lytton: Guest Blog Series on Front-of-Package labeling on Fooducate

Posted on January 31, 2010
Timothy D. Lytton (Albany Law School) has published a series of three articles on Fooducate Blog. Regulating Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels, Part 3 of 3: Objections to the Imposition of a Single FDA Scheme In my previous posts I have proposed...

Recipe Secrets -- Bimbo Bakeries litigation

Posted on January 31, 2010
From the National Law Journal, via Law.com: Bimbo Bakeries Seeks Limits on Its Departing Muffin Man: Bimbo is suing former executive not because he has actually stolen any secrets, but because he might The secret recipe for Thomas' English Muffins...

Bill Marler: FSIS Should Require Labeling for Tenderized Steaks

Posted on January 30, 2010
From Food Safety News: On Christmas Eve 2009, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that National Steak and Poultry was recalling 248,000 pounds of mechanically tenderized beef products contaminated with E...

Timothy D. Lytton publishes Signs of Change or Clash of Symbols? FDA Regulation of Nutrient Profile Labeling

Posted on January 29, 2010
Timothy D. Lytton (Albany Law School) has published Signs of Change or Clash of Symbols? FDA Regulation of Nutrient Profile Labeling, Health Matrix, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2010. The article is available for download on SSRN. Abstract: A new generation...

Black Pepper and Salmonella

Posted on January 29, 2010
From Food Safety News: Black pepper supplied by New York's Wholesome Spice to Daniele Inc. to coat its salami products was found by Rhode Island public health officials to contain the Salmonella Montevideo outbreak strain responsible for making at least...

FDA Law Blog: Animal Feed Safety Agenda "Ambitious"

Posted on January 29, 2010
From FDA Law Blog: FDA Lays Out Ambitious Agenda in the Latest Draft of its Framework of the Animal Feed Safety System By Ricardo Carvajal & Diane B. McColl ? In the fourth and most recent draft of the framework...

Drake Forum on America's New Farmers

Posted on January 29, 2010
The Drake Forum on America's New Farmers: Policy Innovations and Opportunities will be held March 4 and 5, 2010, at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington DC. This two day national policy conference will identify innovative policies and projects at...

5th Circuit Upholds Texas' Wine Sales Method

Posted on January 29, 2010
The Associated Press via Law.com A federal appeals court has sided with Texas in a dispute over buying wine and efforts to control its quality. The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday that the recent ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th...

Article: Biotech Crop Litigation Update

Posted on January 29, 2010
ABA Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts Committee Newsletter, August 2009, by Guy T. Knudsen. 11 NO. 2 ABA Envtl. Litig. & Toxic Torts Committee Newsl. 5 Genetically modified ("transgenic" or "biotech") crops have transformed U.S. agriculture, but almost 15 years...

US Supreme Court grants Cert in Geertson Seed Farms case (genetically engineered alfalfa)

Posted on January 15, 2010
The Supreme Court has granted cert in Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms. The case arose when APHIS decided to deregulated Roundup Ready Alfalfa (genetically engineered to be resistant to glyphosate) without preparing an environmental impact study. A California District Court...

FDLI Food Hot Topics, Jan 27-28, 2010, Washington DC

Posted on January 15, 2010
From the Food and Drug Law Institute website: Program Description Not your typical food program, these four, half-day workshops are designed for intermediate level professionals in the food and dietary supplement industries. This is your opportunity to interact with the...

"Digestiv" and alcohol labels

Posted on January 08, 2010
From Bevlog (a really fun blog about alcohol beverage labels!): Remove the Word ?Digestif? . . . TTB does not allow any reference to digestif, digestiv or similar. Here is an example of a recent rejection, wherein TTB explains that...

Food Law at AALS today

Posted on January 08, 2010
The Food, Law & Values program takes place this afternoon at AALS (Association of American Law Schools) in New Orleans. It's cold here, but the food is good!

Food Law at AALS, Friday, Jan. 8

Posted on January 04, 2010
The Association of Americal Law Schools (AALS) meets in New Orleans later this week. The Open Source Program this year is Food, Law and Values. It takes place Friday, January 8, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Here's the program: AALS Open...

Are we healthier after a decade? Not really

Posted on January 02, 2010
From the Associated Press: Did Americans get any healthier over past decade? By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe ATLANTA ? About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010....

Food Safety in 2010

Posted on January 02, 2010
From Andrew Schneider on Sphere.com: After Scary Year, Will Food in 2010 Be Any Safer?(Dec. 31) -- Here's a holiday menu that we'd all like to forget: For the appetizer: San Antonio Bay oysters polluted with Noroviruses. For the main...

Baby raccoons saved from pop machine

Posted on December 31, 2009
Soda pop isn't good for raccoons either. Cute video alert: http://video.yahoo.com/network/100000086?v=5289218&l=100000085

More on the Beef Recall from Marler Blog

Posted on December 28, 2009
USDA had been Warned of E. coli Risk of Mechanically Tenderized Steak . . . However, over the weekend I learned that USDA Secretary Vilsack was warned in June 2009 (FSIS was well aware of the risk before as well)...

Beef recall in six states

Posted on December 28, 2009
USDA Recall Release: WASHINGTON, December 24, 2009 - National Steak and Poultry, an Owasso, Okla., establishment, is recalling approximately 248,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Food Safety and...

Raw milk lawsuit in Wisconsin

Posted on December 19, 2009
I know people who go to great lengths to obtain raw milk. And I know people who think all sales of raw milk should be strictly illegal. Most states fall somewhere in between, allowing consumption of milk from one's own...

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