Aug 31, 2020
USDA published a new rule amending definitions and language for ag subsidy payment eligibility and limitations while FDA and OSHA published a food operation COVID-19 checklist. Also, USDA and the President announced an additional $1 billion added to the Farmers to Families Food Box Program for a third round of...
Aug 24, 2020
A new H-2A rule extends the deadline to file an extension of stay petition, and the Chesapeake Bay Program announced overall pollutant decline in the bay since 2009. Also, a federal district court denied a temporary restraining order against Michigan’s mandatory ag worker COVID testing, and the Ninth Circuit denied a...
Aug 18, 2020
A petition for writ of certiorari seeks to challenge Indiana’s Right to Farm Act in the Supreme Court and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service signed a Cooperative Interstate Shipment Agreement with Vermont. Also, the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Hillandale Farms alleging egg price-gouging...
Aug 14, 2020
The MI Dept. of Health and Human Services issued an Emergency Order requiring COVID-19 testing for agricultural employees and USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service proposed a new rule to expand and enforce organic regulations. Also, PA’s Dairy Future Commission released its final report with recommendations and the...
Aug 7, 2020
Research Assistant Audry Thompson and Staff Attorney Brook Duer discuss the final Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the history of the Dietary Guidelines, and the upcoming 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Hosted by Brook Duer, Staff Attorney—with Audry Thompson, Research...