The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is just a website now, not an ink-and-paper newspaper, but I still read it for local news. My interest in doing so, however, was diminished somewhat when I saw this breathless headline: Food hazards found at farmers markets, officials want fee hike Oh, no, I thought, I’d just come back from the Phinney … Continue Reading
As we foreshadowed with our blog regarding 60 day notices, the Committee for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) filed a Proposition 65 enforcement action alleging that ready-to-brew coffee exposes coffee drinkers to acrylamide (a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer). CERT v. Brad Berry Co., Ltd., No. BC461182 (Cal. Sup. … Continue Reading
This blog entry was originally written by Jake Storms from the California Environmental Law Blog. The Napa County Farm Bureau held its first water forum in five or six years on March 9, in St. Helena, California. Kicked off by Bureau President Jim Lincoln, the event was well attended, with over 100 concerned stakeholders listening … Continue Reading
You have probably heard about the great egg recall of 2010, which has required Wright County Eggs of Galt, Iowa to recall an ever-growing number of shell eggs because of fears of salmonella enteriditis. An interesting issue here is the non-overlapping jurisdiction of USDA and FDA over eggs in the shell. According to the FDA: … Continue Reading
As restaurant chains operating in King County, Washington are readying to comply with the new menu labeling law, serious questions arise. Does each menu item have to be sent to an expensive lab for testing? How accurate does the nutritional information need to be? How does a restaurant account for the inevitable variables of made-to-order … Continue Reading
Yesterday, California became the first state in the Union to write into law menu labeling requirements. Like municipal ordinances recently enacted in New York City and Seattle, the California law requires certain “chain” restaurants to disclose nutritional information and calorie content information for certain items. The law, to be phased in between 2009 and 2011, applies … Continue Reading
Effective August 1, King County, Washington, will impose the strictest menu labeling law in the nation. King County’s law imposes menu labeling requirements, on restaurant chains that have the following characteristics: 1. The same name. 2. Operating permits from Public Health—Seattle and King County. 3. Fifteen or more locations in King County or nationwide—this legislation does … Continue Reading
