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The European Commission has announced plans to present a new legal framework for the authorization of GMO imports into the EU by the end of April 2015.

On February 15, 2017, the Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the EC to draw up proposals to fast-track the evaluation, authorization, and registration of low-risk pesticides.

In the August 4, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service ("NRCS") determined that implementing the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program ("VPA-HIP") is not a major federal action...

In the July 27, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's AMS announced its intention to renew the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee for a two-year term from 2015–2017.

In the July 21, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's APHIS affirmed its earlier determination to immediately add to the Plant Protection and Quarantine ("PPQ") Treatment Manual treatment schedules for various plant commodities to effectively mitigate and neutralize the risk from various plant pests.

In the February 9, 2016, Federal Register, USDA's APHIS announced it had prepared a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact relative to the control of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted a study on how "use by" and "best by" dates on food products could be improved to reduce food waste.

AMS Issues Final Rule to Implement Increased Assessment Rate for Grapes Grown in Southeastern California

In the January 30, 2015, Federal Register, USDA issued a final rule amending citrus fruit importation regulations to allow the importation of commercial consignments of two Unshu orange hybrids...

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USDA Announced the Opportunity to Comment on the Following Proposed Information Collections...

In the February 5, 2015, Federal Register, USDA issued a final rule removing certain regulations promulgated under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921.

In the February 23, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's FSIS released to the public its new Web-Based Self-Reporting Tool ("SRT") that it will send to foreign countries to report information on their food regulatory systems.

USDA made the decision after reviewing public comments on publication of the interim rule.

In the September 10, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ("APHIS") proposed to amend regulations regarding scrapie, a degenerative and eventually fatal disease affecting the central nervous systems of sheep and goats.

Land Use special counsel Patrick Sullivan authored an op-ed in the Commercial Observer titled "Consider SROs to Help Solve New York City's Homelessness Crisis" on May 26, 2023.

In the December 6, 2016, Federal Register, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service ("FAS") issued a final rule amending the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Program...

The City of Hartford has used its power of eminent domain to assemble land for a stadium. The Hartford City Council approved a $350 million plan to build a minor league baseball stadium for the New Britain Rock Cats.