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
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Country of Origing Labeling -- Protectionism? Canada thinks so
From 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…
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FDA Grants to Further Food and Feed Safety
FDA 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…
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Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy
I 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…
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Ariana R. Levinson, Lawyers as Problem-Solvers One Meal at a Time: A Review of Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Ariana 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,…
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FDA: Procter & Gamble Unlawfully Marketing Two Vicks Cold and Flu Medicines Containing Vitamin C
FDA 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…
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Food Import Enforcement Actions
From 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…
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Junk food binges may lead to addiction
Using 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…
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NRDC Growing Green Awards
Received 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…
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No more Big Macs in Iceland
From 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.…
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Hamburg: Need stronger food safety bill
FDA 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…