The Flinn ReportFood Law, April 2024The Flinn Report is a weekly summary of regulatory actions of state agencies published in the Illinois Register and action taken by the Illinois General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
Meet On Food LawFood Law, April 2024On Food Law is a food and policy blog that serves as a forum for food law scholars, policymakers, media, the food industry, and the interested public to engage with and discuss research in and ideas about food law and policy.
8 Alternative Protein Market Predictions for 2024By Bjorn OlafssonFood Law, March 2024The biggest trends to look out for as the alternative protein sector aims to further enshrine itself in mainstream eating habits.
Sierra Club Northwest Cook County Group’s March MeetingFood Law, March 2024Learn about the essential role of native plants and receive seed packs to be a part of local habitat preservation at the March meeting of the Sierra Club Northwest Cook County.
211 Members of Congress Now Oppose the EATS ActBy Bjorn OlafssonFood Law, February 2024The federal bill that would gut states’ rights to regulate the way animals are farmed for meat is facing strong opposition
The Flinn ReportFood Law, February 2024The Flinn Report is a weekly summary of regulatory actions of state agencies published in the Illinois Register and action taken by the Illinois General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
The Flinn ReportFood Law, January 2024The Flinn Report is a weekly summary of regulatory actions of state agencies published in the Illinois Register and action taken by the Illinois General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
Food and Ag Issues UpdateBy Lynne R. OstfeldAgricultural Law, January 2024Summaries of the food law presentations delivered by attorneys at the Congress of the Union International des Avocats in Rome.
Food and Our Laboratories of DemocracyBy A. Bryan Endres & Jessica L. GuarinoCorporate Law Departments, January 2024One of the more recent state food regulatory developments is California Assembly Bill 418. Effective January 1, 2027, California will prohibit individuals or entities from engaging in the manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale of a food product for human consumption in commerce if it contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or red dye 3 (erythrosine).
Food and Ag Issues UpdateBy Lynne R. OstfeldFood Law, December 2023Summaries of the food law presentations delivered by attorneys at the Congress of the Union International des Avocats in Rome.
Food and Our Laboratories of DemocracyBy A. Bryan Endres & Jessica L. GuarinoFood Law, December 2023One of the more recent state food regulatory developments is California Assembly Bill 418. Effective January 1, 2027, California will prohibit individuals or entities from engaging in the manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale of a food product for human consumption in commerce if it contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or red dye 3 (erythrosine).
Growing Tomatoes With Less WaterBy Lynne OstfeldFood Law, December 2023A summary of a recent Wall Street Journal article about treating the difficulty of growing tomatoes with an increasing lack of available water supply.
Book to Read: ‘The Farmer’s Lawyer’By Angela PetersFood Law, November 2023North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture Sarah Vogel wrote a captivating narration of her experience as a young lawyer taking on a national class action lawsuit in her fight for family farmers’ rights in The Farmer's Lawyer.
Meet the National Agricultural Law CenterBy Angela PetersFood Law, November 2023The National Agricultural Law Center is a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture that serves as the nation’s leading source of objective, scholarly, and authoritative agricultural and food law research and information.
Meet FarmSTANDBy Angela PetersFood Law, October 2023FarmSTAND is the only advocacy organization in the country solely focused on transforming the system of industrial animal agriculture as a whole.
Please Meet the ISBA’s Food Law Section Council Member Elaine Vorberg of McCarthy Duffy LLPBy Angela PetersFood Law, October 2023McCarthy Duffy LLP’s Food and Beverage Industry Practice provides day-to-day legal support and complex transaction management for numerous high-growth food and beverage companies, from the founding stage through private equity and venture capital investment to acquisition.
COP27: Mitigating Climate Change and Navigating the Legal Risk of GreenwashingBy Jan Henning Buschfeld, Rachel Duffy, Simon Duncombe, Jennifer King, Felix Roscam Abbing, Elvira Sihvola, Rachel Stephens, Lukas Pfister, & Stefanie FayIntellectual Property, September 2023Businesses are under increasing pressure to disclose the actions they are taking to be more sustainable, however, there are associated regulatory and legal risks where a business might give a false impression or be accused of providing misleading information.
