by David Gumpert | May 4, 2017 | What's New |
In 1987, after years of avoiding involvement in regulating raw milk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration acceded to a federal court order to prohibit raw milk sales across state lines. Since then, the FDA’s regulatory approach has amounted to haphazardly harassing...
by David Gumpert | Apr 1, 2017 | What's New |
There’s been lots of handwringing about a federal jury’s conviction a few weeks ago of Kentucky salve maker Sam Girod. A miscarriage of justice, say some. Impeach the judge, say others. Prosecutors are the lowest of low-lifes, say still others. (Maybe on a par...
by David Gumpert | Mar 18, 2017 | What's New |
The tragic Vulto Creamery raw cheese outbreak, being blamed for two deaths and six illnesses from listeriosis, comes at an auspicious time. It comes at a time when many states are considering expanding access to raw milk. I have been contacted by proponents of one...
by David Gumpert | Mar 3, 2017 | What's New |
One of the regulatory riddles surrounding the U.S. government’s long-running inspection order against Pennsylvania Amish farmer Amos Miller has been why the U.S. Department of Agriculture moved front-and-center on the case instead of the U.S. Food and Drug...
by David Gumpert | Feb 23, 2017 | What's New |
Many signs are pointing to a possible golden age for raw milk. With just a few exceptions, government assaults on American raw dairies appear to be receding, while state legislative initiatives broadening the availability of raw milk are popping up in states around...
by David Gumpert | Feb 8, 2017 | What's New |
Six years ago, a prosecutor summed up the government’s case against a Missouri cheesemaking family: “This is not about the state’s goal to put this dairy out of business. This case is not a campaign against raw milk cheese or the raw milk movement. It is not about the...
by David Gumpert | Jan 31, 2017 | What's New |
Four years ago, I sat in a Wisconsin courtroom for a hearing I was certain would land raw-milk farmer Vernon Hershberger in jail. I wasn’t alone in that belief—more than 100 of his supporters sat in that courtroom as well. We had agreed among ourselves beforehand that...
by David Gumpert | Jan 13, 2017 | What's New |
The feds came for Amish salve maker Sam Girod this morning, hauling him off to jail, where he very well could spend the rest of his life. Nearly a year ago, I wrote about Girod’s legal problems with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and how they worsened...
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