…devote more time to activities related to food safety. Additionally, after review and consideration of comments to the proposed rule, FSIS is amending the regulations by removing a provision that…
NMPF Endorses Legislation
…environmental and human endangerment. “This legislation would help end the confusion among farmers about environmental regulations, especially those who practice responsible waste management,” said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of…
CA Water Agencies File Suit Against Reclamation
…those affected reside in disadvantaged communities and are already struggling to pay for a water supply made scarce by layers of other, yet equally ill-advised bureaucratic regulations. California’s water supply…
Canada Proposes Stronger Rules for Antimicrobial Drugs
A government agency in Canada is proposing stronger rules for antimicrobial drugs to combat antimicrobial resistance. Health Canada, the nation’s government department responsible for national public health, proposed the regulations…
Draft of Approved Changes to Basin Boundaries
…likely be based on demand and coordinated with 5-year updates to Bulletin 118. Following the adoption of DWR’s Basin Boundary Regulations in November 2015, DWR provided an online Basin Boundary…
EPA Proposes Protection from Selenium
…to limit selenium sources through the implementation of state regulations. Ambient selenium conditions in the Bay and Delta must remain low to sustain healthy populations of fish and wildlife. The…
Dairy Export Access Undermining Costs Industry
…of milk production each week,” said Jim Mulhern, President and CEO of NMPF. “When other countries disingenuously use policies and regulations to block those sales – especially in light of…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
…information about restricted use pesticides, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/restricted-use-products-rup-report For more information about pesticides and worker safety, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety For more information on FIFRA and its enforcement, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act…
FAA Rules Clear Runway for Small Drones
…of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”), opening pathways towards fully integrating UAS into the nation’s airspace. These new regulations work to harness new innovations safely, to spur job…
Agri View: Troubled Ocean Waters
…pollution of the marine environment by dumping. The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), directs states to adopt laws and regulations on ocean dumping that…
Western View: Use a Plow, Go to Jail?
…Act clearly exempts normal farming practices. Moreover, the implementing regulations state that plowing is never subject to the Act, so long as it does not convert wetlands to dry land….
Licensing, Certification and Continuing Education Renewal
…submitted in writing. You can email the request to: LicenseMail@cdpr.ca.gov (do not reply to this listserve message). Note that it is required by CA regulations that you immediately notify DPR…
ACP Quarantine Changes Not Favored by All
Some growers in Southern California may not be happy with CDFA’s proposed ACP quarantine changes to USDA’s statewide regulations. Quarantine Changes Not Favored by All California Asian citrus psyllid (ACP)…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…worse,” he said. “Too often, ESA regulators impose rules and regulations on water users that have enormous costs but negligible benefits for the environment.” CFBF federal policy consultant Erin Huston…