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USDA (FSIS) and FDA Announce Joint Meeting on Use of Animal Cell Culture Technology to Develop Products Derived from Poultry and Livestock

By Riëtte van Laack — On Sept. 10, 2018, the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) of the USDA and FDA announced a joint public hearing scheduled for Oct. 23-24, 2018. The federal register announcement, explains that this will follow a … Continue reading

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No need to be chicken about copying in poultry feeder case

CTB, Inc. v. Hog Slat, Inc., 2018 WL 4035945, No. 14-CV-157-FL (E.D.N.C. Aug. 22, 2018)CTB sued HS for making an allegedly exact replica of CTB’s poultry feeder, infringing its registered trademarks for product configuration and color (color on the supplemental … Continue reading

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California Meat Processing Company and Two Company Officials Plead Guilty to Selling Misbranded Beef, Pork and Poultry They Falsely Claimed Had Been Inspected

Regulatory cases can turn criminal and the resolution often takes years. A recent case began on the regulatory side in 2012 and became a criminal case which has taken six years to resolve. The case has also cost the company … Continue reading

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Attempts to Enforce “Humane” Treatment of Poultry Fail

** Foster Farms Prevail in Dismissing Class Action **                                                                … Continue reading

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The Wait is Over: USDA Withdraws the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule

By Riëtte van Laack — On March 12, 2018, the USDA announced its decision to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule that was published on January 19, 2017. As previously discussed, the OLPP was essentially an … Continue reading

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