The monthly newsletter will provide a quick overview of legal issues affecting food safety, including the enactment of new statutes and regulations and significant case law developments, in the US and abroad.
In this issue:
- Legal battles over GMO laws in Hawaii and in Oregon Continue
- FDA issues new menu labeling rules
- FDA shuts down fish processing plant because of unsanitary conditions
- FDA announces that BPA in food is safe; concern over the additive remains
- FDA Warning Letter update
- FSMA update: Revised proposed rules receive mixed reviews as comment period closes
- Coalition urges senate to continue supporting COOL
- Avian Flu found in birds on eight farms in British Columbia; seven countries ban imports
- US fast-food giant proposes merger with Canadian coffee chain
- Agricultural Growth Act in final stages of becoming law in Canada
