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WHO issues global alert on new strain of avian influenza (H7N9)
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- China, Global, USA
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- April 12 2013
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global alert and response update on a new strain of novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus identified
New report targets global threats to rivers
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, USA
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- October 15 2010
A recent study claims that the world's rivers are in crisis, threatened by pollutants and development
Regulators continue to address radiation concerns
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, Japan, USA
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- March 25 2011
The World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have continued to address public concerns about food produced in Japan, where a recent earthquake and tsunami compromised the Fukushima prefecture’s nuclear power plant, releasing radiation into the atmosphere
WTO panel issues preliminary ruling against COOL
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, USA
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- June 17 2011
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has reportedly issued a preliminary ruling that U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) laws violate the organization’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
WTO rebuffs U.S. COOL regulations
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, USA
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- December 2 2011
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has issued a ruling against the United States in a dispute with Mexico and Canada over country-of-origin labeling (COOL) regulations for beef and pork products
WTO nixes “dolphin-safe” labels on U.S. tuna
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, Mexico, USA
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- September 16 2011
Concluding that “dolphin-safe” tuna product labels authorized by the U.S. Commerce Department “are more trade-restrictive than necessary to achieve a legitimate objective,” a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has given a partial victory to Mexico, which filed a complaint in 2009 claiming that the labels were illegal because they excluded Mexican yellowfin tuna from the U.S. market and shut down one-third of its tuna fleet
Codex meeting to target draft U.S. positions on food standards
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, USA
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- May 25 2012
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a June 5, 2012, public meeting in Washington, D.C., to provide information and receive comments on draft U.S positions to be discussed at the 35th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission on July 2-7 in Rome, Italy
WTO rejects U.S. appeal in COOL dispute
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, USA
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- 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
Arbitrator orders may 2013 deadline for U.S. COOL rules to comply with WTO ruling
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, USA
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- 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
FOE report critical of GM crop data
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Global, USA
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- March 4 2011
Friends of the Earth (FOE) International has published a February 2011 report claiming that "the biotech industry and its sponsors generate considerable hyperbole about the benefits that GMOs genetically modified organisms provide to farmers, consumers and the environment."
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