Food Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-5991062009-11-03T07:00:00ZA Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadFoodLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comCountry of Origing Labeling -- Protectionism? Canada thinks sotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a0f503970c2009-11-03T02:00:00-05:002009-11-03T07:00:00ZFrom 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...FoodLaw BloggerFDA Grants to Further Food and Feed Safetytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64b604a970b2009-11-02T13:54:04-05:002009-11-02T18:54:04ZFDA 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...FoodLaw BloggerImport Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a0e676970c2009-11-02T13:51:27-05:002009-11-02T18:51:27ZI 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...FoodLaw BloggerAriana R. Levinson, Lawyers as Problem-Solvers One Meal at a Time: A Review of Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a641368b970b2009-11-01T02:09:00-05:002009-11-01T07:09:00ZAriana 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...FoodLaw BloggerFDA: Procter & Gamble Unlawfully Marketing Two Vicks Cold and Flu Medicines Containing Vitamin Ctag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6411ab6970b2009-10-31T02:03:00-04:002009-10-31T06:03:00ZFDA 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...FoodLaw BloggerFood Import Enforcement Actionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a69634c5970c2009-10-30T16:58:29-04:002009-10-30T20:58:29ZFrom 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...FoodLaw BloggerJunk food binges may lead to addictiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a640cb9b970b2009-10-30T16:56:17-04:002009-10-30T20:56:17ZUsing junk food as rewards stimulates the reward centers in the brain, leading to addictive behavior. A recent study presented at Neuroscience 2009 last week is being reported all over the internet. Interestingly, this is the basic premise of former...FoodLaw BloggerNRDC Growing Green Awardstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a625b352970b2009-10-28T02:25:00-04:002009-10-28T06:25:00ZReceived by email: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has just announced this year’s Growing Green Awards 2010, a sustainable food award contest hosted by NRDC to honor extraordinary individual contributions to the sustainable food world. NRDC would like to...FoodLaw BloggerNo more Big Macs in Icelandtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a625ad3f970b2009-10-28T02:20:00-04:002009-10-28T06:20:00ZFrom the Associated Press by way of the NY Daily News: The Big Mac, long a symbol of globalization, has become the latest victim of this tiny island nation's overexposure to the world financial crisis. Iceland's three McDonald's restaurants -...FoodLaw BloggerHamburg: Need stronger food safety billtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6259dc2970b2009-10-27T16:17:36-04:002009-10-27T20:17:36ZFDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg addressed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions this week. The full text of her testimony is available on the FDA's website. Keeping America's Families Safe: Reforming the Food Safety System . . .From...FoodLaw BloggerFraud Plagues Sugar Subsidy System in Europetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a625964a970b2009-10-27T16:07:37-04:002009-10-27T20:07:37ZFrom the New York Times: Call it the mystery of the European sugar triangle. It began when Belgian customs officials examined shipping records for dozens of giant tanker trucks that outlined an odd, triangular journey across Europe. The trucks, each...FoodLaw BloggerYes, we have no bananas: Dole judgment can't be enforced in U.S.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a667bef4970c2009-10-21T18:57:04-04:002009-10-21T22:57:04ZFrom the L.A. Times : Dole Food Inc. can't be forced in the U.S. to pay a $97-million judgment ordered by a Nicaraguan court, a federal judge said. The award, won four years ago by 150 Nicaraguans who said they...FoodLaw BloggerFDA analyzing front of package labelstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a667a4f5970c2009-10-21T18:48:15-04:002009-10-21T22:50:30ZThe FDA has issued a Dear Industry letter on front of package or point of purchase nutrition labeling. From the Institute of Food Technologists Weekly: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Oct. 20 that it would seek to...FoodLaw BloggerFarm protests over milk prices ahead of EU meetingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a648d47c970c2009-10-18T07:57:27-04:002009-10-18T11:57:27ZFrom the Associated Press. There are great photos on the linked website! How often do you see a man in a suit and an actual cow in the same photo? On a city street? (Thank you to Neal Axton and...FoodLaw BloggerWrestling Promoter, Wine School Butt Heads in Trademark Smackdowntag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a5f1c7da970b2009-10-18T07:51:45-04:002009-10-18T11:51:45ZThis is a little off the wall, but I've been saying for a while that Food Law encompasses just about every area of law taught in law school. Here's trademarks in a context I might not have thought of. This...FoodLaw BloggerAnatomy of a Burgertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6170702970c2009-10-05T17:16:33-04:002009-10-05T21:16:33ZSeems like the news is all about contaminated meat. This is part of the New York Times spread on Stephanie Smith's case of HUS from eating E coli O157:H7 contaminated burgers. Click here to see a graphic showing the sources...FoodLaw BloggerHamburger Confidential -- NYT video showing "safe" food handlingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a616ab0a970c2009-10-05T16:02:21-04:002009-10-05T20:02:21ZI'm tossing kitchen towels in the wash daily from here on! Yuck. Watch this video: Hamburger Confidential, in which a reporter and an editor do everything right and way more carefully than I ever do, and still end up with...FoodLaw BloggerNYT: E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspectiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6165fb8970c2009-10-05T15:47:13-04:002009-10-07T13:50:01ZTwo people sent me this article. There's also a video: By MICHAEL MOSS Published: October 3, 2009 Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that first day, and she...FoodLaw BloggerUSDA Joins FDA Efforts on New Food Safety Regulationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6163771970c2009-10-05T15:19:01-04:002009-10-05T19:19:01ZFDA AND AMS NEWS RELEASE: USDA Joins FDA Efforts on New Food Safety Regulations Agencies Unite on Outreach to Produce Industry USDA’s fresh produce chief will join FDA to help develop new food safety rules, as part of a cooperative...FoodLaw BloggerFDA 101: Product Recalls (Video)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a5b5710b970b2009-10-05T02:10:00-04:002009-10-05T06:10:00ZHere's another of the FDA's new consumer update videos. This one is about recalls. Cute doggie at 22 seconds. When an FDA-regulated product is defective or potentially harmful, removing it from the market may be necessary. In this Consumer Update...FoodLaw Blogger