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Food Law Prof Blog

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

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

Peanut Butter and Salmonella

Posted on January 12, 2009
Salmonella poisoning cases are being linked to peanut butter right here in Minnesota. I had peanut butter on my toast this very morning. (Not this kind, but still.) FDA recall notice: http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/kingnut01_09.html Excerpt: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --Solon, Ohio (January 10,...

Color additive ruling: cochineal extract and carmine must be labeled

Posted on January 06, 2009
Thanks to Ricardo Carvajal of FDA Law Blog for this one: FDA has issued a final rule that requires declaration of the color additives cochineal extract and carmine in the ingredient statement on the label of all food and cosmetic...

Tim Lang: Food Needs Rethinking

Posted on December 30, 2008
From BBC News A sustainable global food system in the 21st Century needs to be built on a series of "new fundamentals", according to a leading food expert. Tim Lang warned that the current system, designed in the 1940s, was...

Happy New Year

Posted on December 30, 2008
Food Law Prof Blog has been taking a break, but we'll be back next week. Thanks for all of the comments, feeds, and contacts in 2008. Best wishes for a Happy and safe New Year. -- Donna Byrne

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From FDA Law Blog: Cargill to make Stevia-derived sweetener

Posted on December 18, 2008
Cargill has evidently applied for GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status for its new sweetener, but FDA has not yet ruled on the GRAS application: Cargill Announces Plans to Market Stevia-Derived Sweetener Without FDA?s Blessing, and CSPI Cries Foul On...

Nat'l Ag Law Center Call for Articles

Posted on December 12, 2008
The National Agricultural Law Center at U Arkansas is seeking articles for its agricultural law bibliography. From the Ag law Center newsletter: A major component of the Center's 2008 strategic plan is to significantly increase the number of publications authored...

GAO Report on Genetically Engineered Crops

Posted on December 12, 2008
From the Document Summary: Why GAO Did This Study Genetically engineered (GE) crops?including crops engineered to resist pests or tolerate herbicides?are widespread in the United States and around the world. Taking direction from the 1986 Coordinated Framework for Regulation of...

Serving Facts Labeling on alcohol beverages

Posted on November 20, 2008
Bevlog (all about beer and wine labels) has a post with pictures about serving facts labeling for alcohol beverages. Since Bevlog has great label pictures, it's worth seeing! FDA Cider, Apples and Nutrition Facts

EPA Considering Action on Nano particles as pesticides

Posted on November 19, 2008
From the International Center for Technology Assessment: Washington, DC (November 19, 2008)- Acknowledging the critical need for in-depth review of products utilizing nanotechnology pesticides, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opened a 60-day public comment period in response to a petition...

NOSB aquaculture recommendations

Posted on November 19, 2008
The National Organic Standards Board has just met to vote on recommendations for "organic" fish. There are no organic standards for fish yet. Here is a brief summary of the issues from Farmedsalmonexposed.org: The NOSB will vote on their recommendations...

Consumers Want Label Info -- Consumers Union Poll

Posted on November 19, 2008
From OMBwatch.org: Public Wants More Info on Food Labels A national poll shows strong consumer support for improved food labeling and more frequent inspections of food-processing facilities. According to food safety advocates, Americans want labels that identify use of genetically...

USDA Publication: Household Food Security in the United States, 2007

Posted on November 19, 2008
A report on household food security is available on the website of the USDA Economic Research Service: Household Food Security in the United States, 2007, By Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews, and Steven Carlson Eighty-nine percent of American households were food...

Study: corn present in most fast food

Posted on November 11, 2008
Found this one on Wired Science: "That the $100-billion fast food industry rests on a foundation of corn has been known more through inference and observation than hard scientific fact ? until now. Chemical analysis from restaurants across the United...

GAO: Revamping Food Safety

Posted on November 11, 2008
The Government Accountability Office has a new webpage on the need to revamp oversight of food safety. Here's a short excerpt: Fifteen federal agencies collectively administer at least 30 laws related to food safety. The two primary agencies are the....

European Consumers and Food Labels

Posted on November 10, 2008
Here's an article on a study of consumer purchasing behavior. European consumers spend about 30 seconds choosing a food product, and they are more likely to read nutrition information when choosing yogurt, breakfast cereals, and "ready meals." Europeans understand food...

FDA Announces Nutrition Roundtable Discussion with Stakeholders

Posted on November 10, 2008
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has scheduled a Nutrition Roundtable Discussion on Friday, December 12, 2008 from 1:00 until 3:30 PM, at the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Harvey W. Wiley Building, 5100...

Buy a cupcake? Not in school

Posted on November 10, 2008
From the New York Times: Bake Sales Fall Victim to Push for Healthier Foods . . . The old-fashioned school bake sale, once as American as apple pie, is fast becoming obsolete in California, a result of strict new state...

Call for papers: Science Food and Nutrition Panel at American Sociological Association

Posted on November 05, 2008
Proposals are being accepted for a panel on Science, Food and Nutrition at the 2009 American Sociological Association meeting, which takes place August 8-11 in San Francisco. The panel seeks to bring together scholars to consider how interactions among environments,...

Melamine-tainted eggs in China

Posted on October 29, 2008
By now it is certainly not news that melamine is toxic to humans, or that melamine can raise the apparent protein level of a food to which it is added, or that melamine actually was added to milk in China....

LLM in Ag Law and Food Law Studies

Posted on October 29, 2008
I think this may be an official name change. The University of Arkansas graduate program sent this announcement: Now Accepting Applications for LL.M. Program for Fall 2009 Agricultural Law and Food Law Studies While issues involving food and agriculture have...

Food Companies Creating their own Nutritional Standards

Posted on October 28, 2008
Coming soon: A new nutrition icon on the front of some food packages. The "Smart Choices" icon is the outcome of a Keystone Center project, the Food and Nutrition Roundtable, which is "made up of consumer and health advocates, food...

The Food Stamp Program And Older Americans

Posted on October 28, 2008
Information on Food Stamps and Nutrition Assistance for older Americans from the AARP Public Policy Institute: The Food Stamp Program And Older Americans Fact Sheet, Jean C. Accius, October 2008? This AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Jean Accius...

USDA: Proposed Rule on Organic Dairy Pasture Requirements

Posted on October 26, 2008
USDA has just published its Proposed Rule on Access to Pasture for organic dairy operations. The pasture requirements of the National Organic Standards have been a source of controversy for years. The proposed rules are not confined to the pasture...

Two Open CRS Reports on Food Imports (from China)

Posted on October 22, 2008
Health and Safety Concerns Over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview September 22, 2008 China is a major source of U.S. imports of consumer products (such as toys) and an increasingly important supplier of various food products. Reports of...

Genetically engineered animals

Posted on October 22, 2008
In September, FDA released draft guidance on GE animals (blogged here). JAVMA, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association, has posted an article describing the draft guidance, and it has PICTURES of genetically engineered animals!! Click to go to...

Caffeine in . . . Soap?!

Posted on October 22, 2008
Interesting article on Time.com about the proliferation of caffeinated products, including some personal hygiene products (Bath Buzz anyone?) . . . But recently companies began unleashing a barrage of unfamiliar products packed with extreme amounts of caffeine...

Ethical Brands -- Turn on, Tune in, Sell out

Posted on October 15, 2008
The American Enterprise Institute has posted a short article by Jon Entine, Ethical Brands--Turn On, Tune In, Sell Out. Here's the blurb: During the past decade, multinationals have been gobbling up small, ethical brands. Are ethical firms and their founders...

Michael Pollan's letter to the next President -- Food Policy is a National Security Issue

Posted on October 15, 2008
Michael Pollan (author of Omnivore's Dilemma) published an Open Letter to the next President in the NY Times Magazine last week. ". . .with a suddenness that has taken us all by surprise, the era of cheap and abundant food...

CSPI -- GAO Food Labeling findings "disturbing"

Posted on October 15, 2008
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on Food Labeling (blogged here) is summarized in a Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) news release. CSPI calls the results "disturbing:" ?Americans rely on food labels for accurate nutrition information to...

Who owns Hummus?

Posted on October 10, 2008
From National Public Radio: Lebanon (by way of Lebanese businessmen) wants to sue Israel for exclusive rights to name products with labels like "hummus" and "falafel" and others. They claim this is what France has done with "champagne" and Greece...

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