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Good News for Specialty Crop Growers: USDA’s Harmonized GAP Plus+ Now Fulfills Technical Requirement

Nicole Cook

Nov 14, 2018
3 min

Good News for Specialty Crop Growers: USDA’s Harmonized GAP Plus+ Now Fulfills Technical Requirement

By Nicole Cook This article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. This summer brought some good news for specialty crop growers in terms of streamlining produce safety regulatory requirements for farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that USDA’s Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Plus+ Audit Program for specialty crops is now accepted as technically equivalent by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GF

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Apr 20, 2018
2 min

Weekly Roundup April 20th

By Sarah Fielder Syngenta Settlement Checks Not Likely Till 2019 Attorneys for the plaintiffs told news sources this week that settlement checks would be likely in the first half of 2019 after a federal judge gave preliminary approval to the settlement. The court still has to determine if the settlement is fair to all the class members. To learn more about this process, click here http://bit.ly/2J6HWPP. Order Granting 10 Arkansas Farmers Exemption From Dicamba Restrictions

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Apr 13, 2018
2 min

Weekly Roundup April 13th

By Sarah Fielder State Estate Tax Exemption Set at $5 Million As the recent session of the Maryland General Assembly comes to an end this week, one of the bills passed that will become law without the Governor’s signature is legislation to end Maryland’s recoupling with the federal estate tax exemption. Maryland was scheduled to recouple in 2019 with the federal exemption, but Congress recently doubled the estate tax exemption. Based on the recent legislation, Maryland’s es

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance For Determining Whether A Business Qualifies As Small Business With FSMA

Nicole Cook

Mar 29, 2018
3 min

FDA Releases Draft Guidance For Determining Whether A Business Qualifies As Small Business With FSMA

By Nicole Cook The article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. On March 19, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance to assist businesses in determining whether they qualify as a “small business” under the Preventive Controls for Human Food and Preventive Controls for Animal Food regulations. The FDA published final rules on September 17, 2015, to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Hazard Ana

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Reposting or Liking Other People’s Unapproved Drug Claims About Products Could Land You In Trouble

Nicole Cook

Mar 8, 2018
3 min

Reposting or Liking Other People’s Unapproved Drug Claims About Products Could Land You In Trouble

By Nicole Cook Be Careful What You “Like” on Social Media: How Retweeting, Reposting or “Liking” Other People’s Unapproved Drug Claims About Your Products Could Land You In Legal Trouble. This is not a substitute for legal or financial advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. If you sell food, then you know that Food and Drug Agency (FDA) regulations strictly prohibit you from asserting or even implying on your product’s label that your product can treat, prevent or

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Feb 2, 2018
2 min

Weekly Roundup Feb. 2nd

By Sarah Fielder Warmer Winter Causing Drought in Mid-Atlantic Region Less snow this winter in the Mid-Atlantic region is leading to drought conditions according to the National Weather Service. To learn more about drought conditions in the Washington region click here http://wapo.st/2EqbXsw. First Organic Distillery Certified in Maryland McClintock Distilling is the first certified organic distillery in Maryland. The distillery is in Frederick and every aspect of the distil

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Nicole Cook

Jan 23, 2018
8 min

FDA WON’T ENFORCE CERTAIN FSMA RULES WHILE IT SEEKS RULEMAKING

January 23, 2018 / Nicole Cook This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. On January 4, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Industry Guidance announcing that, effective immediately, it intends not to enforce certain provisions in four of the agency’s rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and will seek rulemaking to address issues that have been raised since the FSMA rules became final. Specifica

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Nov 17, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup Nov. 17th

By Sarah Fielder Save the Date for the Ag Outlook and Policy Conference The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics annual Ag Outlook and Policy will be held on Dec. 12 at the Crowne Plaza in Annapolis. The conference will feature Kevin McNew, President, GeoGrain and Adjunct Professor in AREC, giving a 2018 commodity market outlook and Howard Leathers and Dale Johnson discussing the current dairy economy. Register at https://go.umd.edu/AREC17. Continuous Emissions

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Oct 26, 2017
5 min

FDA Requests Your Comments on Proposed FSMA Water Extension

By Mayhah Suri Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a formal notice of proposed rulemaking to extend the compliance dates for the agriculture water requirements of the Produce Safety Rule section of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The new proposed dates for agricultural water compliance vary based on farm size: January 26, 2022 for the largest farms (more than $500,000 in average annual sales for the 3 previous years) January 26, 2023 for s

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New FDA Tools to Assist With FSMA Implementation

Sarah Everhart

Sep 19, 2017
2 min

New FDA Tools to Assist With FSMA Implementation

By Sarah Everhart This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released two tools to help with the implementation of the Preventive Controls and Produce Safety Rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). As we have previously posted, the Preventive Controls Rule of FSMA is a federal food safety law applicable to facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for cons

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Sep 15, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup Sept. 15th

By Sarah Fielder Banned Pesticides Leaking into California’s Water Supplies Banned pesticides are seeping into California’s water sources from illegal pot fields hidden in the state’s forests. Reuters highlights the chemicals being found in California’s water systems and the issues with the illegal pot farms hidden in state and national forests throughout the state. To read the story, click here http://reut.rs/2wW5tAp. Updated Right-to-Farm Law Fact Sheet is now Available M

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What Does “Healthy” Mean? Give the FDA Your Two Cents

Sarah Everhart

Nov 2, 2016
2 min

What Does “Healthy” Mean? Give the FDA Your Two Cents

By Sarah Everhart What does “healthy” mean? This is not an easy question to answer and a subject that my four year old son and I often debate. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently started a public process to redefine what the label of healthy means to consumers. According to the FDA, redefining healthy is part of an overall plan to provide consumers with information and tools to easily and quickly make food choices consistent with public health recommendation

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Sarah Everhart

Aug 24, 2016
2 min

FDA Inspections on the Farm

By Sarah Everhart Although farmers might not be surprised to face an inspection from a state agency such as the Maryland Departments of Agriculture or Environment, they may be unprepared for an inspection from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Understanding the legal authority and permissible scope of an FDA inspection can alleviate confusion surrounding this type of inspection and help the process run a bit smoother. The federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDC

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