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GMO labeling legislation proceeds in Vermont legislature

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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
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USA
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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

Dole agrees to work on Guatemalan water project to settle misrepresentation claims

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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February 1 2013

Without admitting liability, Dole Food Co. has reportedly settled a putative class action that claimed the company misrepresented its environmental

CalEPA intends to list BPA as reproductive toxicant under prop. 65

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 25 2013

California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a notice of its intent to list the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) as

OEHHA schedules public workshop on proposed Prop. 65 listing for styrene

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 18 2013

At the request of a polystyrene custom mold manufacturer, California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) will conduct a

Court refuses to lift ban on shark fins in California

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 11 2013

A federal court in California has determined that Asian-American interest organizations have not sustained their burden of showing that they are

APHIS requests three-year extension of information collection activities

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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December 14 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has requested an extension of approval of an information collection associated with the regulations for the introduction of organisms and products altered or produced through genetic engineering

PCAST calls for more competitive research grants and a network of agricultural institutes

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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December 14 2012

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has issued a report urging the federal government to launch “a coordinated effort to boost American agricultural science by increasing public investments in that economically important domain and rebalancing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s research portfolio.”

Dole targeted with “greenwashing” class action

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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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

CSPI wants tougher oversight of GE foods in Farm Bill

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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November 9 2012

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has asked members of the U.S. House of Representatives to exclude certain provisions in the Farm Bill that would limit the government’s authority to conduct environmental analyses of genetically engineered (GE) crops

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