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September Food and Agriculture Regulatory Recap by Kyla Kaplan
OFW’s Food & Agriculture team regularly monitors announcements and policy issuances from FDA, USDA, and other agencies to keep our...
OFW Welcomes Kyla Kaplan to FDA and USDA Practice Groups
OFW is pleased to announce that Kyla Kaplan has joined the firm as an associate attorney. While Ms. Kaplan will...
Opinion: The UN Food Systems Summit by Marshall Matz
The challenge is daunting. Agriculture must produce enough food to meet the needs of a growing world population while...
Commentary: Another court rules against large-scale livestock farms
The United States is home to 21,000 large-scale livestock farms or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. According to an appeals court...
OFW Law to co-host the 2021 Food Labeling Summit with the Food Institute next month
Next month, The Food Institute kicks off its 3-day virtual training seminar on Food Labeling and Olsson Frank Weeda Terman...
African Agriculture Forum
The African Green Revolution Summit concluded and served as an introduction for the UN Food Systems Summit to be held...
John Block Reports: Labor Day
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. Monday this week was Labor Day. Thank you to the hard-working...
Opinion: Africa and the UN Food Systems Summit by Marshall Matz
This week the President of Kenya, H. E. Uhuru Kenyatta, and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, with...
USDA-FSIS Announces Updated Guidance for Controlling Pathogens in Beef and Poultry Operations
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has recently updated several of its guidance documents addressing...
John Block Reports: Executive Orders
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. Last week President Biden signed a broad Executive Order designed to...
FTC to Issue Final Rule to Combat “Made in USA” Fraud
On July 1st, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to publish the final Made in USA Labeling Rule in the...
John Block Reports: Issues of Today
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. It could change tomorrow, but at this moment nothing is getting...
John Block Reports: Ransomware
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. Two weeks ago, Colonial Pipeline was shut down. On the East...
USDA to Provide Overtime Fee Relief to Small and Very-Small Establishments
One of the major complaints of smaller meat and poultry establishments is the cost of USDA Food Safety and Inspection...
Long-Awaited DSCSA Guidances Published
On June 3, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released four guidances implementing the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)....
John Block Reports: Budget
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. President Biden last Friday released a $6 trillion budget plan for...
FDA Reverses Trump Administration’s Unapproved Drugs Policy
On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reversed a Trump Administration policy that revoked the agency’s longstanding Unapproved...
John Block Reports: Trade
Share on linkedin By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. Politicians here in DC are always looking for...
Bob Dole and George McGovern: A Nutrition Legacy that Continues
For many years in the Senate, Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) teamed up with Senator George McGovern (D-SD) to create a...
FDA Releases Report on Inspections
On May 5, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report entitled “” discussing its efforts to conduct inspections...
FDA Reverses a Trump Administration Drug Review Transparency Policy
On April 30, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reversed a Policy issued by the Department of Health and Human...
John Block Reports: Farming Today
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. I have not been here at the farm in Illinois since...
John Block Reports: Earth Day
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. Big Change – we can all remember that President Trump had...
What to Know Ahead of Samantha Power’s Committee Vote Tomorrow
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will finally be voting on the nomination of Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,...