2023 Articles

2023 Illinois Cottage Food Guide by the Illinois Stewardship Alliance By Angela Peters November 2023 The 2023 Cottage Food Guide has been updated to reflect new changes to Illinois cottage food law.

5th Annual Bock Food Law and Policy Conference By Robert Bahr Anderson August 2023 The Bock Food Law and Policy Conference will be held in Chicago on Friday, September 15.

Book to Read: ‘The Farmer’s Lawyer’ By Angela Peters November 2023 North 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.

Conference Sponsored by Illinois Specialty Growers Association By Lynne Ostfeld December 2023 A notice of a January 2024 conference of interest to food law practitioners.

Farm and Food Law: Is Climate Change Calling for a New National Perspective? By Claire A. Manning March 2023 One highlight for the Illinois Food Law Section Council was jointly sponsoring a CLE with the University of Illinois’ College of Agriculture and Consumer Economics and the University of Illinois College of Law.

Food and Ag Issues Update By Lynne R. Ostfeld December 2023 Summaries of the food law presentations delivered by attorneys at the Congress of the Union International des Avocats in Rome.

Food and Agricultural News Update By Lynne R. Ostfeld January 2023 Updates on food and agricultural law.

Food and Our Laboratories of Democracy By A. Bryan Endres & Jessica L. Guarino December 2023 One 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 Law Items of Interest in This Month’s ISBA Central Community By Angela Peters March 2023 A compilation of recent posts and topics discussed on ISBA Central.

Food Law: Hot Topics for the Illinois Legislature this Session By Claire A. Manning March 2023 Brief summaries of bill that that would impact food, agriculture, and health in Illinois.

Food-Related Legislation Bills By Angela Peters March 2023 A list of bills reently sent to the Food Law Section Council for review and comments.

Governor Signs Bill Making It Easier for Illinoisans to Sell Their Homemade and Homegrown By Andrew Wimer November 2023 Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted SB 2007, the Home-to-Market Act, legislation which will allow home bakers and farmers in Illinois to sell their foods more easily.

Growing Tomatoes With Less Water By Lynne Ostfeld December 2023 A summary of a recent Wall Street Journal article about treating the difficulty of growing tomatoes with an increasing lack of available water supply.

Have You Heard About the SEAfood ACT? By Angela Peters June 2023 The Science-based Equitable Aquaculture Food Act, known as the SEAfood Act, will help the U.S. chart a responsible path forward for U.S. seafood farming.

I Would Like to Introduce You to Food and Agriculture Lawyer Cari Rincker By Angela Peters September 2023 A spotlight on nationall renowned food and agriculture lawyer, Cari Rincker.

Illinois Law Update: Legislation January 2023 Legislative updates of interest to food law practitioners.

An Interview With Clever Carnivore By Elaine Vorberg September 2023 A Q-&-A with two employees of Clever Carnivor, a Chicago based start-up innovating around problems in industrial farming with cultivated meat production on a mission to make Illinois the hub of this promising industry.

ISBA Food Law Section On-Demand CLE June 2023 Summaries of on-demand CLE of interest to food law practitioners.

Legislative Analysis of S.2019/H.R. 4417: The ‘Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act’ October 2023 The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act would transform the current balance of regulatory authority between the states and federal government by eliminating virtually all state and local legislative powers to impose standards or conditions on the preharveset production of agricultural products entering their own borders.

Letter From the Chair By Claire A. Manning March 2023 A note from the chair.

Meet Casey Parker: ISBA Food Law Section Council Member By Angela Peters November 2023 A spotlight on Casey Parker, a member of the ISBA Food Law Section Council.

Meet FarmSTAND By Angela Peters October 2023 FarmSTAND is the only advocacy organization in the country solely focused on transforming the system of industrial animal agriculture as a whole.

Meet JD Supra and Prepare to Incorporate Its Benefits Into Your Practice By Angela Peters October 2023 JD Supra is a publishing platform with legal analysis and commentary that may be helpful in your practice.

Meet Prof. Bryan Endres, a Member of the ISBA’s Food Law Section Council By Angela Peters December 2023 A spotlight on Professor Bryan Endres, a member of the Food Law Section Council.

Meet the Institute of Food Technologists By Angela Peters July 2023 Summaries of articles from the Institute of Food Technologists.

Meet the National Agricultural Law Center By Angela Peters November 2023 The 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 Total Food Service By Angela Peters August 2023 For over 30 years, Total Food Service has been a forum for passionate science of food professionals and technologists to collaborate, learn, and contribute, all with the goal of inspiring and transforming collective scientific knowledge into innovative solutions for the benefit of all people around the world.

New Statewide Program Now Accepting Plans for $2 Million in Grants to Build Local Food Infrastructure December 2023 Millions of new state dollars are now available for Illinoisans interested in building out the state’s network of local food infrastructure.

Please Meet the ISBA’s Food Law Section Council Member Elaine Vorberg of McCarthy Duffy LLP By Angela Peters October 2023 McCarthy 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.

Restaurant Responses to Food Allergies By Nabilah Nathani, Jessica Guarino, & A. Bryan Endres January 2023 The onus of knowing what potential allergens are in a dish at a restaurant should not be on the consumer.