Justice Samuel Alito has extended the filing deadline for a petition for a writ of certiorari in the appeal of jail sentences for one-time egg producers Austin (Jack) DeCoster and
Despite calling their cowshare program a “scam,” Australia’s Supreme Court has ordered a retrial of raw milk dairy farmers Mark and Helen Tyler over their sale of raw milk.
Stewart and Lynda Rae Resnick, who once bought and sold The Franklin Mint, may hit another payday after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that their Pom
Last week, India’s Supreme Court ruled that the right to life guaranteed under the country’s constitution also includes the right to safe food. “Enjoyment of life and its
One second after the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act was made public, I got an iPhone alert from Bloomberg News reporting that President’s Obama’s
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a California law on Monday that required the euthanization of downer livestock, to promote animal welfare and keep them out
Every day, hundreds of pigs arriving at American slaughterhouses are, or become, unable to stand or walk before they are slaughtered. Federal law allows the entry of these “downer” pigs
The Supreme Court is considering whether a California ban on slaughtering so-called “downer” pigs overstepped existing federal meat inspection laws.
Though several justices reportedly noted the good intentions behind the
Fifty-six lawmakers, including 50 representatives and six senators, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking that the agency retain the regulated status of
Yesterday the Supreme Court released its first-ever decision on genetically modified crops, overturning a lower court’s ban on Monsanto’s herbicide-resistant, or “Roundup Ready” alfalfa.
In 2005, the U.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are under scrutiny after a succession of federal court hearings