Legal News: Page 4

Feed Production by Region

Huon Aquaculture, Ridley settle legal dispute over payments

Huon Aquaculture Group has settled a legal dispute with its former feed supplier, Ridley AgriProducts, over outstanding payments for fish feed, according to reports.

Brand Insights

Insights and research for animal feed formulators and nutritionists

WATT Global Media

Develop versatile, cost-effective feed formulations to optimize animal health and increase production efficiency.

Insights and research for animal feed formulators and nutritionists

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Court: Syfrett Feed adulterated, misbranded animal feed

A civil complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Syfrett Feed Company Inc., alleging it has adulterated and misbranded its medicated animal feed in violation of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).

Feed Production by Region

Syngenta seeks appeal in class action Viptera lawsuit

Syngenta is seeking to appeal a U.S. court ruling that granted class action status to farmers in their lawsuits against the company over sales of biotech corn seeds not approved for import by China.

corn-in-iowa-1609

BASF, Pancosma enforce IP rights for metal-glycinates

BASF SE and Pancosma SA have taken action to enforce their intellectual property (IP) rights and protect their innovative metal-glycinates by filing lawsuits against potential patent infringers at the district court of Düsseldorf, Germany.

Feed Production by Region

Farmers’ suit against Syngenta awarded class action status

Hundreds of thousands of U.S. farmers have been granted class action status for their lawsuits against seed company Syngenta over sales of biotech corn seeds not approved for import by China.

whole-shell-corn-1603

China approval gives Syngenta incentive to settle lawsuits

China approval gives Syngenta incentive to settle lawsuits

Syngenta lawsuits consolidated in Kansas court

Syngenta lawsuits consolidated in Kansas court

Syngenta lawsuits considered for consolidation in US court

Syngenta lawsuits considered for consolidation in US court

dbe972b318fa2f4208ebf9ba2a25260b_clientImage_300x200_medium_original_1

Cargill sues Syngenta over unapproved corn seed

Cargill filed a lawsuit against Syngenta Seeds Inc. in Louisiana state court on September 12, seeking damages from Syngenta for commercializing its Agrisure Viptera (MIR 162) corn seed before the product obtained import approval from China.

Corn refiners seek dismissal from sugar producers’ lawsuit

Archer-Daniels Midland Co. and four other corn refiners have asked a judge to dismiss them from a lawsuit by sugar producers over allegedly false advertising that high-fructose corn syrup is natural, saying that they can't be made liable for the statements of the Corn Refiners Association, the trade group of which they are members. A group of sugar growers and refiners sued the corn refiners and the association in 2011, claiming that an advertising campaign that promotes high-fructose corn syrup as “natural” and “nutritionally the same as table sugar” is false and misleading.

Class action lawsuit brought against AgFeed Industries

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the stock of AgFeed Industries Inc. between March 16, 2009, and August 2, 2011, according to reports. The complaint alleges that AgFeed made materially false and misleading statements regarding the company's financial health and in particular relating to its animal nutrition business.

DuPont sues Monsanto over alleged corn patent infringement

DuPont's Pioneer seed unit has sued Monsanto Co., claiming the company has infringed on patents that help genetically modified corn seeds germinate. In its lawsuit, filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Pioneer Hi-Bred International claims that it owns patents on a method "of enhancing the vigor of maize seeds" by defoliating the plant at a particular point after pollination but before harvest, and on a maize seed and stand of maize seeds that have such enhanced vigor.

Page 4 of 5