Insights and Stories on California

Ford says emissions certification process under federal probe

Feb. 5, 2020 at 2:06 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday Canadian officials have opened a preliminary investigation into the automaker’s emissions certification process. Ford said in its annual report Environment and Climate Change Canada has opened a probe into the matter after the automaker disclosed early last year that the U.S. […]

U.S. meat industry sues California for animal protection ‘overreach’

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:09 pm CDT

By jonathan-stempel

Bottles of Roundup herbicide on a shelf.

California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

May. 13, 2019 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Tina Bellon

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

Apr. 8, 2019 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

Romaine-related E. coli outbreak appears over

Jan. 9, 2019 at 11:47 pm CST

By Reuters

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

Jan. 7, 2019 at 6:22 pm CST

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 […]

By lawrence-hurley

CFIA warns on California romaine lettuce

Nov. 29, 2018 at 5:48 am CST

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is advising lettuce buyers such as retailers and restaurants not to sell, serve or import romaine lettuce from parts of California tied to the latest E. coli outbreak. The warning follows an announcement Monday from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its preliminary […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. judge selects first case in federal glyphosate litigation

Nov. 20, 2018 at 4:13 pm CST

Reuters — A U.S. judge overseeing the federal litigation against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over glyphosate-based herbicides allegedly causing cancer on Tuesday selected the first case to be tried in federal court in February 2019. U.S. District Judge Vince Chaabria in San Francisco in an order said the case of California […]

By Tina Bellon

Bayer likely to get new trial in glyphosate case

Oct. 10, 2018 at 5:07 pm CDT

San Francisco | Reuters — Bayer’s Monsanto unit was likely to get a new trial on the US$250 million in punitive damages awarded by a jury to a groundskeeper who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides, including Roundup, caused his cancer. According to a Wednesday court filing in San Francisco’s Superior […]

By Jim Christie

U.S. judge halts California plan for warnings on glyphosate

Feb. 27, 2018 at 2:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — A federal judge has temporarily blocked California’s plans to require cancer warnings on products containing glyphosate, in a win for manufacturer Monsanto. U.S. District Judge William Shubb said the warnings would be misleading because glyphosate is not known to cause cancer, according to court documents filed […]

By Tom Polansek

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