Food Law Prof Blog

Covers food-related law, including farming, food safety, nutrition, health, cloning and product labeling.

Author: Donna M. Byrne, a law professor at William Mitchell College of Law, edits Food Law Profs Blog, which is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.

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Recent Posts from Food Law Prof Blog

E. coli Ground Beef Recall -- Cook the Meat!!
Get your meat thermometer ready. This one is scary because there is apparently no way for consumers to know whether their ground beef came from the affected source. To protect yourself, you must make sure…
Raw Milk and Gray Dye
In North Carolina, raw milk can only legally be sold for animal consumption. So a black market has developed to meet some of the demand for raw milk for humans. Here's the fun: last September,…
Country of Origin Labeling for Mississippi catfish
It's always interesting! Julie McLemore, who works for the state of Mississippi alerted me to this bit of news. Effective today, Mississippi restaurants offering catfish for sale must indicate the country of origin of the…
CSPI: high fructose corn syrup not "natural"
The American Medical Association recently announced its conclusion that “high fructose corn syrup does not contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners.” Not surprisingly, the Corn Refiners Association applauded this finding: “This science-based decision…
Antibiotics for Chickens
When is an antibiotic not an antibiotic? When it is administered "in ovo" according to Tyson Foods. Earlier this month, Tyson Foods filed suit against USDA over the agency's ruling about Tyson's "Raised Without Antibiotics…
FDA to open post in Latin America?
According to the Associated Press, the FDA may open an office in Latin America to better monitor the safety of imported foods. Over the weekend, FDA has been in Mexico investigating some farms believed to…
BSE (Mad Cow) case confirmed in British Columbia
Canadian Food Inspection Agency news release: June 23, 2008 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in the Province of British Columbia. This case poses no…
Kroger Recalls Ground Beef because of possible E. coli
Bill Marler (Marler Blog) has been asking when this would happen. Kroger grocery company is voluntarily recalling ground beef because of the possibility of E. coli O157:H7 contamination. USDA news release: WASHINGTON, June 25, 2008…
Rising food prices and land use
Interesting column by Ross Clark at Timesonline.co.uk this morning -- We Can Feed the Word: Just Look at All the Space. Clark suggests using Google Earth to get a sense of how much space there…
More on raw milk from NPR
From NPR.org The Bryant Park Project. "The NPR website has an audio clip as well as the rest of the following article. Raw Milk: Panacea or Poison? by Dan Pashman Rick and Julie Vreeland opened…