Farm Bill Programs
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—week ending December 4, 2020
Dean Foods Bankruptcy: Dean Foods Bankruptcy Estate Threatens Dairy Producers with Lawsuits to Recoup Alleged “Preference” Payments
On November 24, 2020, a commercial collections law firm named ASK LLP, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota and hired to represent the Southern Foods Group, LLC formerly d/b/a Dean Foods (“Dean”) Chapter 11 bankruptcy estate, mailed demand letters asserting legal claims for the repayment of milk check proceeds against thousands of dairy producers (including cooperatives) throughout the United States. The claims seek the recovery of milk checks received from Dean within ninety days preceding Dean’s filing of bankruptcy (i.e. between August 14, […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—week ending August 28, 2020
COVID-19: FDA and OSHA Publish Food Operation COVID-19 Checklist
On August 19, 2020 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a checklist titled, “Employee Health and Food Safety Checklist for Human and Animal Food Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” intended to serve as a quick guide for domestic and foreign producers, manufacturers, and processors of FDA-regulated human and animal food. The checklist is divided into two categories: 1) employee health and work environment logistics, which includes illustrated examples of acceptable and unacceptable work space configurations, and 2) food safety. According to announcements […]
