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Food & Beverage Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the food and beverage industry. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and corporate deals across the entire food and beverage supply chain, including agribusinesses, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and restaurants.
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Latest News in Food & Beverage
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April 24, 2026
DOJ's Agri Stats Trial Delayed For Deal Talks
A Minnesota federal judge Friday pushed back a looming trial in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust case against Agri Stats, after the sides told the court they're close to working out a deal.
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April 24, 2026
DOL Says H-2A Penalty Case Belongs Before Agency Judge
The U.S. Department of Labor has urged a Kentucky federal judge to toss a tobacco farm’s constitutional challenge to its H-2A enforcement system, arguing that hiring foreign workers is a government-granted privilege rather than a private right.
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April 24, 2026
Ex-City Official To Pay $1.4M In Plea Deal Over Labor Scheme
A former Sacramento City Council member has reached a plea deal regarding charges that he directed unauthorized immigrants employed at his grocery stores to lie to U.S. Department of Labor investigators, agreeing to pay over $1.4 million in restitution.
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April 24, 2026
Restaurant Operators Hit With Wage, Break Suit
Two restaurant operators required workers to perform unpaid off-the-clock duties, denied legally required meal and rest breaks and manipulated time records, according to a proposed class action filed in Washington state court.
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April 23, 2026
Colo. Court Mulls JBS' Bid To Toss Haitian Workers' Bias Suit
A Colorado federal judge declined Thursday to rule on meatpacking giant JBS USA Food Co.'s bids to dismiss a suit and strike class allegations that Haitian workers suffered race-based discrimination and labor violations while working at the facility.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Farm Service Agency
- Food and Nutrition Service
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- State and international food and beverage regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Food safety regulation
- Labeling requirements
- Food import bans and trade restrictions
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- ENFORCEMENT
- Food and beverage recalls
- Food safety actions
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Mass torts
- Food safety suits
- Labor and employment issues
- International trade disputes
- Agricultural commodities trading suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Breach of contract suits
- Insurance coverage disputes
- Environmental issues
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Franchise agreements and real estate deals
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of food and beverage practices
Readership
- Food, beverage, retail, and hospitality lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the food and beverage industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals