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Prosecuting Raw Dairy Farmers Becoming Unfashionable, Except in Minnesota

by David Gumpert | Feb 27, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 21 comments

Around the country, signs are mounting of a growing refusal by law enforcement officials to mount legal actions against small producers of raw milk. Consider: In Illinois,  where tough new regulations on raw milk were being prepared over the previous two years,...

Farmers’ Lawyer Alleges Possible Misconduct By CFIA

by David Gumpert | Feb 23, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Resistance | 23 comments

(This post has been edited since it was originally posted. In particular, the letter from the defense lawyer to the prosecutor, referred to in the second paragraph–originally included with the post and then removed shortly after at the request of the defendants...

In Canada, Stage Set for Food-Rights Show Trial

by David Gumpert | Feb 21, 2015 | Food Safety, Raids, Regulation, Resistance | 3 comments

 That sheep-napping case involving Canadian farmers Michael Schmidt and Montana Jones is turning into a major criminal and political drama. If you’ll remember, this case stems from a 2010 dispute between the Canadian government and farm owner Montana Jones...

Good News on FDA Raw-Milk Cheese Inspections? Does It Matter?

by David Gumpert | Feb 10, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 46 comments

It’s been more than a year since the FDA announced a year-long “pilot program” to examine 1600 samples from producers of raw milk cheese, to check for the presence of pathogens.  Actually, it’s inaccurate to say the FDA announced anything. Rather, it...

Why I’m Asking Friends for Money for My New Book

by David Gumpert | Feb 4, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 46 comments

I’d like to try to answer the unspoken question that comes up when I explain to people I know that I am doing a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to complete and promote my new book, The Raw Milk Answer Book: What You REALLY Need to Know About Our Most...

Are Australian Regulators Playing With Fire in Raw Milk Crackdown?

by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance | 36 comments

You look at what’s going on in Australia over raw milk, and you can’t help but get a feeling of deja vu. A farm couple on trial for distributing raw milk via a cow share arrangement. A protest, complete with raw milk being served outside public health offices, by raw...

When Will Government Scientists Include Real Raw Dairies in Their Research?

by David Gumpert | Jan 24, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research | 36 comments

For years, federal and state public health officials have told us that the evidence of raw milk’s susceptibility to contamination by pathogens is irrefutable. For example, here is what a Maryland public health report on the state’s dairy industry from 2009...

What’s This, A Government Study That Pushes Improved Raw Milk Safety?

by David Gumpert | Jan 15, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation | 38 comments

When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration come out with a study having to do with raw milk, you know before even viewing the results that it’s going to fan the fear flames. You also know what the bottom-line conclusion will be:...
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