In a highly unusual decision, a Federal District Court judge in Maryland granted summary judgment in a food stamp licensing appeal brought by a Baltimore convenience store without permitting the retailer to conduct any discovery whatsoever. In Nega…
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Tags: ALERT System, Attorney, Congress, Discovery, EBT, FNS, Food, Food and Nutrition Act, Food Stamps, Judicial Review, Law Firm, Lawyer, Litigation, Maryland, Negash, Nutrition, OFW Law, Retailer, SNAP, Stewart D. Fried, Sunoco Food Mart, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Trafficking
Congress Bars FNS from Enforcing Portions of its Enhancing Retailer Standards in SNAP Final Rule
Federal agencies are viewed by many as possessing immense power over regulated businesses. This is especially true at the Food and Nutrition Service (…
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Virtually all grocery stores, convenience stores, and supermarkets sell hot foods. Nearly all sell cold prepared foods as well. Most of the more than 260,000 retail food stores authorized by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (“FNS”) to acce…
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Tags: Carryout, FNS, Food, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Stamps, Grocery Store, Nutrition, Prepared Food, Restaurant, Retailer, SNAP, Stewart D. Fried, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
For more than 20 years, Federal law has expressly provided that states may test welfare recipients for use of controlled substances free from interference of federal agencies. 21 U.S.C. §862(b). Relying upon this Congressional enactment, Wisconsin…
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Tags: Act 55, Drug Test, FNS, Food Stamps, Law Firm, Lawyer, Scott Walker, SNAP, SNAP Eligibility, Stewart D. Fried, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Vilsack, Welfare, Wisconsin
In a major victory for supermarkets, convenience stores, and other Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailers, the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has finally agreed to start publishing its administrative Final Agency Decisions…
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FNS Issues Final Rule Enhancing SNAP Retailer Standards
On December 8, 2016, the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued its Final Rule entitled “Enhancing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Problem (SNAP).” The Fina…
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The U.S. Food and Nutrition Service (“FNS”) administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”). Formerly known as “food stamps,” this important federal nutrition benefit program serves over 45 million Americans by increa…
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Tags: Administrative Review Branch, Cecilia’s Market, Connecticut, Duchimaza, EBT, FNS, Food, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Stamps, Law Firm, Lawyer, Nutrition, Retailer, SNAP, Stewart D. Fried, Store, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Trafficking
USDA’s Food & Nutrition Service (FNS) is authorized to administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”). This $80 billion program, formerly known as the food stamp program, provides monthly supplemental nutrition benefits…
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Tags: Administrative Review Branch, Alcohol, Attorney, Authorization, Business Integrity, Crackle, EAJA, EBT, FNS, Food and Nutrition Act, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Stamps, Fraud, Kem Warren, Kentucky, Law Firm, Lawyer, Litigation, Marijuana, Retail Food Store, Retail Operations Division, Retailer, SNAP, STARS, Stewart D. Fried, Trafficking, Vendor
Dr. Janey Thornton, the USDA Deputy Under-Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, has resigned her post effective at close of business Friday, January 9, 2015. She will be returning to Kentucky to turn her attention to important family…
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Tags: Child Nutrition, Debra Eschmeyer, FNS, Janey Thornton, Let's Move, Marshall L. Matz, Nutrition, Nutrition Policy, President Obama, Sam Kass, School Food, USDA, White House
Recently, Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz, P.C., otherwise known as “OFW Law,” celebrated 35 years of business with colleagues, family, friends and clients. We were extremely proud to share this milestone with those who have helped make OFW Law…
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Tags: Agriculture, AMS, Animal Welfare, APHIS, Brett T. Schwemer, Crop Insurance, FCIC, FNS, Food, Food Label, Food Safety, Forestry, FSIS, FSIS Enforcement, GIPSA, HACCP, High-Risk Foods, Labeling, Nutrition, OFW Law, PACA, Packers and Stockyards Act, USDA
