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Out of Ongoing WAPF Carnage, a New “Ancestral” Foundation Takes Shape

by David Gumpert | Sep 16, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, News Media, Nutrition, Regulation | 227 comments

This past weekend, we saw the first rumblings that the federal government may become involved in the fermented cod liver oil conflict that has created an uproar within the Weston A. Price Foundation. Food Safety News, an influential online publication about tainted...

Close But No Cigar–Why the UK Nixed Raw Milk Vending Machines

by David Gumpert | Jul 11, 2015 | Food Safety, Regulation, Rights, Safety, What's New | 12 comments

A year ago, the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency  (FSA) created a stir of excitement among raw milk drinkers when it said it was considering expanding access by allowing raw milk in vending machines. But now, a year later, the FSA says nothing doing on the...

After 11-Plus Years, FDA’s Raw-Milk Cheese Gig Going Strong

by David Gumpert | Jun 29, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 33 comments

Back in 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s chief dairy guy, John Sheehan (pictured left), committed himself to restricting production of raw milk cheese, stating in a national magazine: “60-day aging is largely ineffectual as a means of reducing levels of...

Seeking “Right Balance,” New Zealand Legalizes Farm-to-Consumer Raw Milk Sales, Deliveries

by David Gumpert | Jun 18, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 40 comments

Food safety regulators in New Zealand stuck their collective fingers in the air and concluded that maybe there is something to this raw milk thing. Beginning next March, raw milk will be legal to sell directly from farms to consumers, including via home deliveries,...

A New Breed of Raw Milk Supplier Fills Demand Gap

by David Gumpert | May 29, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 55 comments

I was talking with a veteran raw milk producer a few days ago, who was telling me that his dairy’s raw milk sales seemed to have leveled off for the first time in years. Now, it was meat sales that were climbing rapidly. He wasn’t sure what was behind the shift away...

Message from Deadly Ice Cream? Lots of Food Safety Riddles Remain

by David Gumpert | May 14, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research | 34 comments

The recent deaths and illnesses from pasteurized-milk ice cream emphasize, yet again, how much less we know about food safety than the people in charge would care to admit. In the span of a few months, five ice cream companies have recalled potentially tainted...

E. coli Ravages Kids, Despite Tons of Pasteurized Milk and Hand Sanitizers

by David Gumpert | May 5, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 94 comments

When I saw the news heading— “Dozens now sick with E. coli after Milk Makers Fest”—I thought, uh-oh, milk, E.coli, and kids dropping like flies. Talk about a made-to-order story for the public health fear mongers for whom raw milk is Public Enemy Number 1. As I read...

When Does Food Transparency Trump Privacy, and Vice Versa?

by David Gumpert | May 2, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation | 64 comments

(This post has been updated since it was originally published May 1.) So Claravale is back on the market with its wonderful raw milk. In a candid report, it says that the campylobacter problem it experienced was traced to a single cow that otherwise seemed completely...
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