by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Dec 9, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By Jayce Jimenez, FLPC Student Fall 2024 Nearly 40% of food in the U.S. goes unsold or uneaten. Much of this food ends up in landfills, generating hundreds of millions of metric tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions per year. One way that states can address...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Nov 18, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
By Susan Elizabeth Turek. Originally published in The Cool Down on November 18, 2024. FLPC’s Emily Broad Leib was interviewed for this story. California is ready to say goodbye to a common labeling phrase at the grocery store that causes residents to waste major...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Nov 13, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By Jennifer Weeks, FLPC Student, Fall 2024 The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is a division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the critical job of ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products in the U.S. While FSIS has...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 31, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
By Maya Deutchman. Originally published in Food Tank. A new Food Waste Legislative Tracker is now available to help people understand food waste policy issues across the United States. The Tracker was developed by Divert, the Zero Food Waste...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 21, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
By Abigail Buta. Originally published in FoodTank on October 16, 2024. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill to standardize food date labels and ban the use of “sell by” dates. California is the first state in the nation to require clear standards to...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 18, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary
By Charmaine Yap, Legislative Assistant, Singapore Parliament The Good Samaritan Food Donation Bill, passed in the Singapore Parliament in August 2024, is a landmark piece of legislation in Singapore that provides liability protection for food donors. Under this law,...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 7, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
by Hadassah Patterson· Originally published in Modern Farmer on October 4, 2024. Ismail Samad is no stranger to hospitality. The East Cleveland, Ohio, native began his first foray into restaurant co-ownership at the age of 23, and in 20 years, he has worked his way...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 3, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By Isabel Yin, FLPC Fall 2024 Student On July 18, California’s legislature filed AJR 10, a resolution advocating for the federal government to enact the Food Date Labeling Act of 2023 (FDLA), with the Secretary of State. The resolution cited several statistics that...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 30, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
B Tina Deines. Originally published in The Cool Down on September 27, 2024 Food banks across the world are rescuing food from farmers before it gets thrown out, helping people in need and reducing planet-warming pollution. Scientific American summarized The...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 30, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
Originally published in Food Tank. During a Summit hosted by Food Tank and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) during Climate Week NYC, panelists connected the dots between ecosystem health, food waste, and policy levers that can be utilized to protect the...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 29, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2024 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) —The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) and Foodbank Vietnam (FBVN) have identified key policies that can help Vietnam reduce levels of food...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 23, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
By Frida Garza. Originally published in Grist on September 16, 2024. An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, rose faster than ever in the three years ending in 2022. In a new report from the...
