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TTB issues final rule designating Cachaça as type of rum

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 1 2013

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued a final rule designating "Cachaça" as a type of rum and a distinctive product of

FDA debars importer after guilty plea for seafood mislabeling

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 1 2013

The Food and Drug Administration has debarred seafood importer Richard Stowell from importing food into the United States for three years based on

Criminal charges follow investigation into illegal importation of honey

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 1 2013

A U.S. attorney in Illinois has announced charges filed against two companies and five individuals in a five-year investigation of imports that

Senators urge U.S. trade representative to resolve Russian meat import ban

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2013

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), who chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, has joined ranking committee member Thad

Arbitrator orders may 2013 deadline for U.S. COOL rules to comply with WTO ruling

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • December 7 2012

A World Trade Organization (WTO) arbitrator has determined that the United States must conform its country-of-origin-labeling (COOL) rules in accordance with an earlier ruling by May 23, 2013, finding that 10 months was a reasonable time for implementation

U.S. food industry highly consolidated, says Food & Water Watch

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 2 2012

Food & Water Watch has issued a report detailing how the consolidation of business along the entire food chain has resulted in farm losses, layoffs and higher prices with fewer choices for consumers

U.S. cattle ranchers sue WTO over ruling on Country of Origin Labeling Act

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2012

The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers Association (R-CALF USA) has filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in a Colorado federal court against the World Trade Organization (WTO) and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, alleging that WTO’s determination that the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling Act (COOL) imposes discriminatory burdens on meat imported from Canada and Mexico is contrary to U.S. law and the Uruguay Round Agreements

WTO rejects U.S. appeal in COOL dispute

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • July 13 2012

The World Trade Organization Appellate Body has partially rejected the U.S. Office of the Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) appeal in a dispute with Canada and Mexico over “country of origin” labeling (COOL) for beef and pork products

WTO to field dispute over India’s restrictions on U.S. poultry

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • India, USA
  • -
  • June 29 2012

The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently agreed to a convene a dispute settlement panel to investigate India’s restrictions on the importation of U.S. poultry, eggs and other agriculture products purportedly due to concerns over avian influenza

U.S. appeals WTO's stance on COOL regulations

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

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has appealed a ruling made by a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel against the United States in a dispute with Mexico and Canada over country-of-origin labeling (COOL) laws for beef and pork products