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California Governor proposes Prop. 65 litigation reforms

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

Working through California's Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) will collaborate with stakeholders and the legislature to advance

EC to restrict neonicotinoids in bid to protect bees

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

Although a recent proposal to restrict the use of three neonicotinoids failed to gain support from the qualified majority of member states on an

GE labeling bills introduced in U.S. House and Senate

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Or.) have introduced companion bills (S. 809; H.R. 1699) that would amend the federal

Malaysia joins OECD effort to coordinate non-clinical safety data

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, Malaysia
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently announced that Malaysia has joined its system for the Mutual Acceptance of

GMO labeling legislation proceeds in Vermont legislature

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2013

Vermont's House Agriculture Committee has reportedly passed by an 8-3 vote legislation (H.112) that would require producers to label raw agricultural

FDA extends comment deadline for GE salmon assessments

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2013

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended until April 26, 2013, the comment period for two draft environmental assessments of the proposed

Peru imposes 10-year ban on GMO foods

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Peru
  • -
  • December 7 2012

Peru has passed a law that prohibits genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from being imported, produced or used anywhere within the country for the next 10 years

Danish councils establish database to identify products containing nanomaterials

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Denmark
  • -
  • December 7 2012

The Danish Consumer Council and Danish Ecological Council, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, have reportedly developed a database intended to help consumers identify products that may contain nanomaterials

Dole targeted with “greenwashing” class action

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2012

A putative class action alleging that Dole Food Co. misleads consumers by claiming it is an environmentally friendly and socially responsible company despite purportedly purchasing bananas from growers using pesticides in Guatemala has reportedly been filed in a California federal court

French MEP feeds foie gras furor

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • France, USA
  • -
  • October 19 2012

French MEP Francoise Castex has reportedly condemned California’s statewide ban on the production and sale of any product that is “the result of force-feeding a bird for the purpose of enlarging its liver beyond normal size,” calling the prohibition on foie gras “a battle for Europe.”