May 26, 2021
A federal court in Missouri approved a $39.5 million Roundup settlement and awarded a cy pres payment while a federal court in Wyoming dismissed a suit challenging RFID tags and the Tenth Circuit vacated the small refinery RFS exemptions issued by the prior administration. Then, a report from EPA’s Inspector General found decreased EPA enforcement due to lack of funding and a Michigan dairy farm was penalized for NPDS violations. Also, Mexico extended the compliance deadline for U.S. producers under the country’s recently enacted Organic Products Law while USDA announced payments to socially disadvantaged farmers Under and reopened the comment period for the Origin of Livestock Rule under the National Organic Program.
Hosted by Audry Thompson, Research Assistant
Material from the Agricultural Law Weekly Review—May 21, 2021
This material is based upon work supported by the National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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