Health Law

FDA Grants to Further Food and Feed Safety
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...

Registration Filling Fast For April 11-12 Food Law Symposium
Next week’s food law symposium at Seattle University School of Law, cosponsored by my law firm, Stoel Rives is approaching quickly (I will be one of the moderators). In attendance will be Governor Christine Gregoire, top officials from the CDC and the USDA, representatives of the food industry, scientists, consumer advocates, food lawyers (both plaintiff and defense), and other stakeholders...

USDA's new regulations on genetically engineered crops
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...

The Business of Food
Some recent headlines: Corporate Lobbying Is Blocking Food Reforms, Senior UN Official Warns Voices of Federal Food Safety Scientists and Inspectors: ?[S]pecial interests and public officials all too often inhibit the ability of government scientists and inspectors to protect the...

E coli O157:H7 from produce yet again
From Food Safety News: It appears that fresh produce may once again be responsible for a new outbreak of the dreaded E. coli O157:H7 bacteria in Utah, Colorado, and New York, Food Safety News has learned...

Obama Aministration Delayed in Issuing Food Safety Regulations
As this Washington Post article explains, in Janaury 2011 President Obama signed into law "a landmark food safety bill that empowers the Food and Drug Administration to prevent food-borne illnesses instead of simply reacting to them...

Firestone Tire Problems Raise Questions of Safety
Are Your Car Tires Safe?

Pet Food Recall and Deaths
Dogs and Cats Sickened by Tainted Menu Food Products

Pet Food Recall
Diamond Pet Food sets up $3.1 million class action fund for substandard dog food.

Food/Supplements
involving food poisoning, food product recalls, false advertising or labeling, vitamin, weight loss and diet supplement issues.

Pork BBQ Products Recalled
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Oct 20 that the Murphy House in Louisburg, N...

PETCO
Animal Food Distribution Unsanitary, Food Seized

Menu Food
$240,000 settlement reached in Hawaii class action contaminated pet food suit.

Safety Violations
Murphy Oil USA Inc. to pay $179,100 settlement in occupational safety violations lawsuit.