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Fried foie gras, grilled. (Vichie81/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. top court won’t hear Quebec farmers over foie gras ban

By GFM Network News, Lawrence Hurley January 7, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the latest challenge to California’s ban on foie gras, a delicacy produced from the enlarged livers of ducks and geese that have been force-fed corn. The court declined to hear an appeal by producers of foie gras, including the Association des Eleveurs de Canards

Opinion, Other

Comeau: A measly $292.50 that could have changed it all

Interprovincial trade will remain hidebound to internal protectionism, thanks to a recent Supreme Court ruling

By Sylvain Charlebois May 15, 2018

The recent Supreme Court ruling on interprovincial trade barriers is a significant loss for consumers and our Canadian economy, but a great win for inertia. The Comeau case was never just about beer. It was essentially about enabling our domestic economy across the country to thrive. For the agri-food sector, the decision would have had

The J.C. Van Horne Bridge connecting Campbellton, N.B. and Pointe-a-la-Croix, Que. (Greenseas photo via iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Supreme Court finds for provinces in ‘Free the beer’ case

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 19, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s top court on Thursday ruled against a New Brunswick man who had argued he had the constitutional right to buy beer more cheaply in a neighbouring province, saying that the law does not impose absolute free trade across the country. Dubbed the “free the beer” case in Canadian media, it

Catedral Metropolitana de la Asuncion de Maria, Mexico City. (CIA.gov)

Crops

Mexico court rejects appeal to lift GM corn ban

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 27, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters –– A Mexican court has rejected a company’s appeal to lift a ban on commercial planting of transgenic corn in Mexico, passing the matter to the Supreme Court, a lawyer for the firm said Friday. A federal court in Mexico City rejected the suit by PHI Mexico, a unit of U.S.

Crops

U.S. top court lets Conagra cooking oil class action proceed

By GFM Network News October 10, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a bid by Conagra Brands to escape a class-action lawsuit accusing it of falsely labeling its cooking oil as 100 per cent natural even though it had genetically modified ingredients. Conagra had asked to the justices to hear its appeal of a

Livestock

Brazil’s Supreme Court won’t release JBS brothers

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 22, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes on Friday denied a request to release from jail Joesley and Wesley Batista, the brothers who control the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA. The Batistas’ defense challenged the detention of the brothers after their arrest last week by federal police in a probe into

Cattle drink from the Yamuna River near Agra in northern India. (CIA.gov)

Beef cattle, Livestock

India’s top court suspends ban on trade in cattle for slaughter

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj July 11, 2017

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s Supreme Court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a boost for the multi-billion dollar beef and leather industries mostly run by members of the Muslim minority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government in May decreed that markets could only trade cattle

Beef cattle, Livestock

Brazilian top court justice upholds barring JBS asset sale

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 3, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has upheld a lower court decision that ordered the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS SA, to halt the sale of US$300 million worth of South American assets to Minerva SA , according to a court document. Justice Edson Fachin agreed with a lower court’s ruling that JBS’

News

Agri-food products spotlighted by internal trade report

Too many internal barriers are costing the Canadian economy billions annually

By Alex Binkley July 4, 2016

The agri-food sector featured prominently in a report from the Senate banking committee on internal trade barriers that are said to cost the Canadian economy at least $50 billion annually. In addition to the often-cited restrictions on sales of Canadian wine across the country, regulations on maple syrup, brie cheese, beer bottle sizes, the size

Livestock

Supreme Court rules most animal sex acts not against bestiality law

By Ethan Lou, GFM Network News June 10, 2016

Toronto | Reuters — Canada’s bestiality law only bans sexual acts that involve penetration, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, a blow to advocacy groups who argued animals should be afforded the same protection from exploitation that humans are given. Supreme Court judges ruled 6-1 in favour of a man from British Columbia convicted

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Daily Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives Supreme Court — page 2

U.S. top court won’t hear Quebec farmers over foie gras ban

Comeau: A measly $292.50 that could have changed it all

Supreme Court finds for provinces in ‘Free the beer’ case

Mexico court rejects appeal to lift GM corn ban

U.S. top court lets Conagra cooking oil class action proceed

Brazil’s Supreme Court won’t release JBS brothers

India’s top court suspends ban on trade in cattle for slaughter

Brazilian top court justice upholds barring JBS asset sale

Agri-food products spotlighted by internal trade report

Supreme Court rules most animal sex acts not against bestiality law

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