Food and Agriculture

• Broward Jury Awards Former Mayor's Sister $300 Million in Fraud Case Against Tobacco Giant Philip Morris USA
  PRNewswire (November 20, 2009)
  
   
  
• Former Iowa slaughterhouse manager seeks acquittal
  AP (November 20, 2009)
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A former kosher slaughterhouse manager convicted of financial fraud has asked for an acquittal or new trial, saying prosecutors unfairly brought in evidence of immigration violations.
   
  
• Kuwaiti Company Indicted for Massive Overcharging of United States for Soldiers' Food
  PRNewswire (November 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• Statement by Public Warehousing Co. (PWC) Concerning Indictment Announcement
  PRNewswire (November 16, 2009)
  
   
  
• Justice Department and USDA Set Dates for Workshops to Explore Competition and Regulatory Issues in the Agriculture Industry
  PRNewswire (November 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• FDA Warns Companies against Marketing Illegal Flavored Cigarettes
  PRNewswire (November 06, 2009)
  
   
  
• Federal Judge Rejects Tobacco Companies' Effort to Block Key Provisions of New Tobacco Regulation Law
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• Raided SC poultry plant mends hiring, avoids trial
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina poultry plant raided by immigration agents last year has agreed to change its hiring practices to avoid federal charges of knowingly employing illegal immigrants, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
   
  
• Court hears appeal on Mass. wine shipment law
  AP (November 02, 2009)
  BOSTON (AP) - Gerald Leader loves California wines but lives in Massachusetts, where state law sharply limits the ability of out-of-state wineries to ship their products directly to consumers.
   
  
• FMC Corporation Plans Legal Challenge to EPA Decision to Deny Administrative Hearing on Carbofuran
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)