…have mandated GMO labeling in Canada. Online food industry publication FoodNavigator-USA reports the bill specified that Canada’s Food and Drugs Act be amended to say “No person shall sell any…
Dairy Industry Welcomes Swift Action by USTR Lighthizer to Launch NAFTA Modernization Efforts
The U.S. dairy industry commended Robert Lighthizer, the newly confirmed U.S. Trade Representative, for taking swift action under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act (TPA) to begin the…
NMPF Facilitates NCIMS Passage of Proposals to Enhance Safety of Dairy Foods
…– with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Foods. NMPF has been working since FSMA was approved in 2011 to bring both regulatory…
American Farm Bureau Looks Forward to NAFTA Renegotiation
…a positive, market-expanding and modernized NAFTA. Achieving this objective starts with ensuring the negotiations protect U.S. agriculture’s benefits under the current trade agreement. “The 2015 Trade Priorities and Accountability Act…
Stop Federal Water Extortion, Farm Bureau Says
…as the Water Rights Protection Act could mean an end to federal strong-arming of ranchers by a government that owns the vast majority of land that can be grazed west…
Citrus Group Sues USDA Over Lemons
…allow Argentinian lemons into the U.S. violates the Plant Protection Act the House Agriculture Committee passed in 2000. Argentinian lemons haven’t been allowed in the U.S. since 2001. The Obama…
OTA Applauds Organic Research Investment Legislation
…Organic Trade Association says the investments included in the bill would meet the research needs of the growing organic sector. The Organic Research Act of 2017 would increase annual funding…
$86 Million Available in First Prop 1 Grants
…support groundwater management that furthers the goals of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, a historic 2014 law that requires local agencies to bring stressed groundwater basins into sustainable patterns of…
Methane Vote Agreement Offers path for E15 Bill
…so. While the Congressional Review Act resolution to reject an Obama-era methane rule failed, the agreement will stay in place, according to Politico. A hearing has not yet been scheduled…
The Danger of Consuming Raw Eggs
…one third of the time of conventional methods and leaves the egg whites translucent, so they look and act like fresh unpasteurized eggs. I’m Cathy Isom… Image: Salmonella risk and…
U.S. on Path to Sustainable Commercial Fishing Waters
…realizing significant benefits to the U.S. economy. “U.S. fisheries are big business,” said Samuel Rauch, acting assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries. “Sustainable management of our nation’s fisheries, supported by sound…
Farm Bureau Applauds EPA’s Water Rule Outreach
…the 50 state governors requesting their comments on what a new rule should do recognizes the checks and balances that were written into the Clean Water Act in the first…
EPA and U.S. Army Solicit State Input on Redefining “Waters of the U.S.”
…to protect their waters, and what actions they are already taking to do so. We want to return to a regulatory partnership, rather than regulate by executive fiat.” “The Army,…
Ag Export Groups Support CREAATE Act
…American Agricultural Trade and Exports Act. The Act was introduced by Washington-State Republican Representative Dan Newhouse and Maine Democratic Representative Chellie (Shell-lee) Pingree. The coalitions say the CREAATE Act captures…