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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

GAO Report on Food Safety: Improvements Needed in FDA Oversight of Fresh Produce

Posted on October 08, 2008
The full text of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congressional Requesters is available as a PDF file on the GAO website. Here's their blurb: Why GAO Did This Study In recent years, both domestic and imported produce have...

USDA's new regulations on genetically engineered crops

Posted on October 08, 2008
The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Center for Food Safety have both criticized proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rules governing genetically engineered crops, including food crops engineered to produce pharmaceutical and industrial products...

Made in USA foods could be contaminated

Posted on October 07, 2008
From The Epoch Times: Food labeled as made in the U.S.A. could contain tainted ingredients from China. Amid recent concerns over the safety of food products from China, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it has stepped up efforts...

FDA Detects Melamine Contamination in Flavored Drink

Posted on October 06, 2008
FDA News Release The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased inspections and product testing efforts in response to the melamine contamination problem which originated in Chinese dairy products. As a result of the FDA?s on-going testing program, the...

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FDA: Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine in Food

Posted on October 03, 2008
FDA News Release: FDA Issues Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and Melamine-related Compounds in Food The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued the results of its interim safety and risk assessment of melamine and melamine-related compounds...

Cadbury chocolates and melamine

Posted on September 29, 2008
Just in time for Halloween. From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: HONG KONG - A Cadbury spokesman says preliminary results show its Chinese-made chocolates contain the industrial chemical melamine. more

Conference: Agricultural Markets and Food Price Inflation

Posted on September 29, 2008
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will hold a conference on the economic impacts of volatile agricultural costs and food price inflation. This conference will bring together experts from industry, academia and policy institutions to discuss agricultural and food policy,...

Melamine contamination health advisory

Posted on September 26, 2008
FDA Statement: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers that seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products manufactured in China are being recalled by the King Car Food Industrial Co. Ltd. due to possible contamination...

Japanese groups reject GE sugar beet imports

Posted on September 23, 2008
Center for Food Safety news release: Washington, DC ? September 23, 2008 ? The No! GMO Campaign, representing 53 of Japan?s leading farmer, consumer, and public interest groups, have joined the Center for Food Safety and a coalition of US...

Mislabeled restaurant fish

Posted on September 21, 2008
Last night I went out for dinner with some bicycling buddies. I ordered some sort of white fish. I don't remember what kind of fish it was supposed to be. It was good, but who knows what it really was?...

Prenatal maternal diet affects asthma risk in offspring

Posted on September 19, 2008
A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests that a mother's use of folic acid supplements during pregnancy may contribute to development of asthma in her children. This was a mouse study that sought to test the...

FDA Mulls Changes to Food Allergy Labeling

Posted on September 19, 2008
FDA held a public hearing earlier this week as part of its long-term plan to help manufacturers upgrade their labeling practices. From HealthDay.com: TUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Responding to concerns that food labels aren't doing enough to alert...

Creekstone Farms v. USDA -- no private testing for BSE

Posted on September 18, 2008
Last week in Creekstone Farms v. USDA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a district court ruling that a private company may not test all its cows for mad cow disease without USDA approval. Creekstone Farms...

FDA Proposes Label Requirements for Refused Imported Foods

Posted on September 18, 2008
Under a proposed rule, foreign food that is refused entry at one port will now be labeled "REFUSED" so that it will be easier to identify at the next port. FDA News Release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today...

What's so bad about high fructose corn syrup?

Posted on September 18, 2008
Article on the TIME/CNN website: Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup Really Good for You? , by Lisa McLaughlin Shopping last week in her local New York City grocery store, Elise Mackin, 32, filled her cart with items she knows to be...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Regulating Genetically Engineered Animals

Posted on September 18, 2008
FDA has issued draft guidance on regulation of genetically engineered animals. There is a 60-day comment period that ends November 18, 2008. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, today released for...

Health Risks and Plastics

Posted on September 17, 2008
From the Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON -- A chemical commonly used in plastic food and drink containers was associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to the first large-scale study in humans. Wall Street Journal article, New Study Links Plastic...

USDA: $5 million in grants to increase food stamp access

Posted on September 17, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced $5 million in grants for six state agencies, one local agency and a non-profit organization to simplify the Food Stamp Program application and eligibility systems and improve access to...

Fat tax in Alabama

Posted on September 12, 2008
This news broke the week of August 21 (while I was out of town and about to turn 50), but it's interesting enough to post anyway. From WebMD.com: August 26, 2008 ? Obese Alabama state workers may soon pay a...

Food Safety Research

Posted on September 12, 2008
Fresh Express (a Chiquita Company) recently held a conference on food safety research. Bill Marler attended and summarized some of the main points on his Marlerblog. The Fresh Express website also provides summaries of recent research. And here is a....

FDA Issues Health Information Advisory on Infant Formula

Posted on September 12, 2008
FDA New Release, September 12, 2008: In response to reports of contaminated milk-based infant formula manufactured in China, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is issuing a Health Information Advisory. This is to assure the American public that...

McGill Conference on Global Food Security, Sept 24-26

Posted on September 11, 2008
Click for Conference website. Blurb: Developing countries, as well as developed countries, in every corner of the globe are being affected by the current global food crisis. The world's poor are the hardest hit. Rapidly rising food prices in a...

FDA: West Virginia Livestock Owner Sentenced in Criminal and Civil Contempt Case

Posted on September 11, 2008
FDA News Release, September 11, 2008: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that a West Virginia cattle dealer has been sentenced to six months probation for refusing to obey court orders in 2006 and 2008 that prohibited her...

New: European Food Law Handbook

Posted on September 11, 2008
Just published: European Food Law Handbook, by B. v.d. Meulen and M. v.d. Velde (Wageningen, Netherlands) 2008, 632 pages, hardback The first decade of the twenty-first Century has witnessed a fundamental reform of European food law. We have now come...

Fifth Conference on Pulbic Health, Law, and Obesity

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Public Health Advocacy Institute and Public Health Law & Policy are sponsoring A Time for Action: An Obesity Agenda for the Next Administration at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, September 19-21, 2008. Advocates, public health practitioners, legal scholars, researchers, and...

NY State Council on Food Policy website

Posted on September 10, 2008
The New York State Council on Food Policy has a new website. From the press release announcing creation of the council: New York State Governor?s Office issued Executive Order No. 13 on May 18, 2007 that established the New York...

Almond Growers Sue over mandatory chemical treatment of "raw" almonds

Posted on September 10, 2008
Raw almonds must be treated before sale (more on this). I just received the following from the Cornucopia Institute: WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A group of fifteen American almond growers and wholesale nut handlers filed a lawsuit in the Washington, D.C....

Call for Papers -- Food, Law, and Culture

Posted on September 09, 2008
This post relates to three opportunities: Panel presentations at the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities in Boston April 3-4. Deadline for abstracts: October 1, 2008. Panel presentations at the Association for the Study of Food...

A. Bryan Endres on Coexistence Strategies, The Common Law of Biotechnology and Economic Liability Risks

Posted on September 08, 2008
A. Bryan Endres has published Coexistence Strategies, The Common Law of Biotechnology and Economic Liability Risks in the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, Spring 2008. The following is an excerpt from the introduction:

World's Largest Cheeseburger

Posted on September 08, 2008
Bob's BBQ and Grill of Pattaya, Thailand, has created the world's largest cheeseburger. Weighing in at over 70 pounds, it beat the previous record by over 20 pounds. (The cheeseburger was created in July 2007, but I just found out...

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