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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 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 […] Read more

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

General, Markets, Reuters

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

By 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 […] Read more

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

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Mexico court rejects appeal to lift GM corn ban

By 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. […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

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

By Andrew Chung 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 […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazil’s Supreme Court won’t release JBS brothers

By 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 […] Read more

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

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

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

By Mayank Bhardwaj, Suchitra Mohanty 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 […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Brazilian top court justice upholds barring JBS asset sale

By 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’ […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Supreme Court rules most animal sex acts not against bestiality law

By Ethan Lou 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 […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

U.S. top court rejects POM Wonderful appeal over ads

By lawrence-hurley May 2, 2016

Washington | Reuters — Businesses better have good evidence to back up claims of health benefits from their products, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday after the Supreme Court rejected POM Wonderful’s challenge to FTC findings that the juice maker’s advertising was misleading. The U.S. Supreme Court left in place a lower-court ruling […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Supreme Court tosses CP challenge on interswitching

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 18, 2016

Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) bid to halt new federal rules which allow more Prairie elevators to move loaded grain cars on more than one railway has stopped at Canada’s highest court. The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday dismissed CP’s appeal of an October ruling at the Federal Court of Appeal — a ruling which […] Read more

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

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

Supreme Court rules most animal sex acts not against bestiality law

U.S. top court rejects POM Wonderful appeal over ads

Supreme Court tosses CP challenge on interswitching

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