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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

Food Insecurity? or Hunger?

Posted on December 11, 2009
From Food Safety News Isn't It Hunger? by Olivia Marler | Dec 11, 2009 The New York Times headline shouts: "Hunger in U.S. at a 14-Year High." President Obama says: "hunger rose significantly last year." But, researchers for a Department...

Petri Dish Pork?

Posted on December 11, 2009
My only question is who will regulate this product? USDA? or FDA? From singularityhub.com: Artificial Meat Could Be On Your Table in 5 Years ". . . Researchers in the Netherlands may be able to sidestep ethics and solve some...

USDA and HHS Continue Food Safety Working Group Efforts

Posted on December 10, 2009
FDA News Release(12/9/09): Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today commended the Department of Homeland Security for opening a center devoted to ensuring the safety of foods imported to the United States...

The most important information on a food label?

Posted on December 08, 2009
The EU is considering uniform nutritional labeling, and a recent study showed that Irish consumers are paying attention. The traffic light system is fine, merely color coding the nutrient amounts, not so much. A summary article on Food Navigator.com describes...

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Liquid Dietary Supplement vs. Beverage -- FDA Guidance

Posted on December 08, 2009
What is a beverage? Beverages are conventional foods that should not be marketed as dietary supplements. And dietary supplements are not supposed to be represented as conventional foods. It's a matter of getting the product, the label, and the marketing...

$100 million lawsuit filed in E coli case

Posted on December 05, 2009
Yesterday (Friday, 12/4/09) Bill Marler filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages for Stephanie Smith, the 22 year old dancer left paralyzed after eating a burger tainted with E. coli 0157:H7. Read about the lawsuit in the St. Paul...

Iowa County providing incentives for organic production -- goal is all organic

Posted on December 04, 2009
Using tax breaks and other incentives, Woodbury County, Iowa is encouraging organic farming. From the New York Times (the original source is Greenwire): SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- In the midst of sprawling corn and soybean fields, industrial animal-processing plants and...

Large organic farm decertified for four years

Posted on December 04, 2009
It all boils down to keeping and producing records. From a Cornucopia Institute press release: In an investigation and legal case that dragged on for almost four years, one of the largest organic cattle producers in the United States, Promiseland...

Poultry Purity

Posted on December 03, 2009
First Consumer Reports reported that most store-bought broilers are contaminated with Campylobacter or Salmonella, the two most common sources of food poisoning: Campylobacter was in 62 percent of the chickens, salmonella was in 14 percent, and both bacteria were in...

Food Blogs in the ABA Top 100 blogs -- Marlerblog and FDA Law Blog

Posted on December 02, 2009
Two of my favorite blogs have made the Third Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100. The ABA (American Bar Association) invites online readers to vote for their favorites. Bill Marler's MarlerBlog has been my favorite source of food safety information. Bill...

A Just and Sustainable Recovery: Bread for the World Institute?s 2010 Hunger Report

Posted on December 02, 2009
A Just and Sustainable Recovery: Bread for the World Institute?s 2010 Hunger Report is now available online. This year?s report focuses on green jobs and domestic economy, but still includes international statistics on food security, poverty, and development...

Kellogg's discontinues cereal box "Immunity" claims

Posted on November 27, 2009
Kellogg has announced that it will stop using the big banner on the Cocoa Krispies proclaiming that the cereal "helps support your child's immunity." Here's a November 5, 2009, article from the Wall Street Journal: Kellogg: Rice Krispies Won?t Protect...

Now that you've eaten your turkey: Poison-free Poultry Act of 2009

Posted on November 27, 2009
A bill introduced Wednesday would ban the use of arsenic-containing poultry feed. Read about it on Food Safety News: U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) introduced legislation Wednesday to ban the use of the an arsenical compound used in animal production...

FDA Seeks Permanent Injunction Against Sharkco Seafood International Inc.

Posted on November 27, 2009
FDA News Release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking a permanent injunction against Sharkco Seafood International Inc., located in Venice, La. The injunction is intended to stop the seafood processing company from distributing scombrotoxin-forming fish in interstate...

USDA Report Reveals Highest Rate Of Food Insecurity Since Report Was Initiated In 1995

Posted on November 18, 2009
USDA News Release, Nov. 16, 2009: USDA's Economic Research Service's (ERS) today released its annual report on Household Food Security in the U.S., which revealed that in 2008, 17 million households, or 14.6 percent, were food insecure and families had...

Cargill Canola Stopped at Border (from Food Safety News)

Posted on November 17, 2009
Cargill Canola Stopped At Border By FDA by Dan Flynn | Nov 17, 2009 It is not too far-fetched to say that trainloads of canola oil manufactured at Cargill Limited's seed processing facility at Clavet, Saskatchewan are being turned back...

FDA and Oyster Policy (from Food Safety News)

Posted on November 17, 2009
From Food Safety News: Caving under the weight of a political firestorm over its proposed rule to reduce Vibrio vulnificus poisoning from raw oysters, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday it is putting the proposal on hold....

FDA Issues 2009 FDA Food Code

Posted on November 15, 2009
The FDA released the 2009 FDA Food Code last week. Here's an excerpt from the Press Announcement: The 2009 edition of the Food Code is the seventh full edition published by the FDA. The previous full edition was released in...

FDA/CFSAN: New Report Recommends Enhanced Food Tracing Guidelines

Posted on November 15, 2009
From an FDA Press Announcement (Nov 14, 2009): The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) today released a report from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), which recommends clear objectives be set for all...

FDA Warning Letters to Caffeinated Alcohol drink makers

Posted on November 15, 2009
From the Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at caffeinated alcoholic drinks, saying it will pull them off the market unless manufacturers can prove the beverages are safe to drink. On Friday, the...

Country of Origing Labeling -- Protectionism? Canada thinks so

Posted on November 03, 2009
From the New York Times (Oct. 12, 2009 -- still worth posting): Canada Seeks Redress on Food-Labeling Law By CLIFFORD KRAUSS Ratcheting up a trade dispute with the Obama administration, Canada is asking the World Trade Organization to rule against...

FDA Grants to Further Food and Feed Safety

Posted on November 02, 2009
FDA New Release, Oct. 9, 2009: FDA Awards $17.5 Million in Grants to Further Food and Feed Safety The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has awarded 83 grants in FY2009 totaling $17.5 million to state and...

Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy

Posted on November 02, 2009
I was a member of a panel on Food Imports a couple weeks. I wish I had read this book first. The blurb below is from the publisher. I haven't read the book yet, but it's on my must read...

Ariana R. Levinson, Lawyers as Problem-Solvers One Meal at a Time: A Review of Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Posted on November 01, 2009
Ariana R. Levinson (Louisville) has published Lawyers as Problem-Solvers One Meal at a Time: A Review of Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, 15 Widener Law Review 289 (2009). Abstract from SSRN: Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food...

FDA: Procter & Gamble Unlawfully Marketing Two Vicks Cold and Flu Medicines Containing Vitamin C

Posted on October 31, 2009
FDA News Release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration [Friday, Oct. 30] sent a warning letter to Procter & Gamble notifying the company that its Vicks DayQuil Plus Vitamin C and Vicks Nyquil Plus Vitamin C are illegally marketed combinations...

Food Import Enforcement Actions

Posted on October 30, 2009
From FDA Law Blog: On October 21, 2009, First Fishery Development Services filed suit against FDA seeking declaratory judgment and injunctive relief with regard to its product?s placement on Import Alert 99-08 - Detention Without Physical Examination of Processed Foods...

USDA to Hold Facebook Chat on Local Food

Posted on September 27, 2009
USDA is on Facebook, and you can become a fan. Not only that, they're having a live chat: The next Live Facebook Chat will take place on Thursday, October 1 at 3:45 pm ET with Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan to...

"Veggie Libel" laws

Posted on September 25, 2009
I am in Laramie, Wyoming, at the University of Wyoming's consumer issues conference on Food Safety, Security, and Sources. Tonight I watched the movie Food, Inc., in an auditorium that was packed to overflowing. This was the first time I'd...

My son just sent me this xkcd cartoon

Posted on September 25, 2009
My son just sent me this xkcd cartoon about food labels. Click on the link to view on their website, and be sure to hold your mouse over the picture for the rest of the caption.

Wyoming Law Consumer Issues Conference on Food Issues Thursday and Friday

Posted on September 23, 2009
I am in Laramie, Wyoming, for the University of Wyoming's annual Consumer Issues Conference. This year the topic is Food, and the sessions cover just about all the issues we blog about here on Food Law Prof Blog. I did...

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