by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Apr 9, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
By Catherine Boudreau. Originally published in Business Insider on March 28, 2024. Nearly 60 types of date labels appear on food and drinks in US stores. The confusion leads to the average family of four losing about $1,500 a year to uneaten food. Before tossing that...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 27, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By Mady Womack, FLPC Clinic Student, Fall 2023 I was initially drawn to the Clinic because I was involved with establishing a food pantry on my undergraduate campus. Agriculture is also a crucial part of the economy in my home state of Kansas, so I wanted to learn...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 27, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
More than 40% of produce in the country is lost or wasted but new research highlights how it could be a key tool in fighting rising food insecurity. One charity is leading the charge By Constance Malleret in Rio De Janerio. Originally published in The Guardian on Feb....
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 26, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
02/26/24. By Frank Yianna. Originally published in Agri-Pulse. Roughly nine years ago, while serving as Vice President for Food Safety at the world’s largest food retailer, I surveyed how many different date labels were used by food producers to convey that food was...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 20, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic & The Global FoodBanking Network identify policies to help Brazil address food waste, hunger, and mitigate climate change. February 20, 2024 (Brazil) —The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 13, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON (February 13, 2024) – Over 24 industry supporters have signed the Zero Food Waste Coalition’s open letter urging Congress to support the bipartisan Food Date Labeling Act of 2023 (H.R.3159, S.1484) (FDLA) and encourage them to...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 12, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary
Late last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics. The draft strategy...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 5, 2024
In 2019, the Lahore High Court in Pakistan declared that the government’s inaction in implementing laws and policies to mitigate food loss and waste violated the Constitutional right to food. Join us as we hear from a petitioner in the case, Hafsa Ahmad (LLM...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 26, 2023 | Food Law & Policy, News
The reports affirmed the EPA’s preference for source reduction and lend support for composting over anaerobic digestion, landfilling and incineration. Originally published on WasteDive by Jacob Wallace on October 26, 2023 Advocacy groups in the food waste and...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 26, 2023 | Food Law & Policy, News
In cities across the U.S., hundreds of refrigerators stocked with free food are reducing waste — and methane emissions. Originally published on Grist by Max Graham on October 26, 2023 Dan Zauderer and his in-laws had eaten plenty of pizza one evening in early October,...
