by David Gumpert | Feb 8, 2009 | Uncategorized |
There’s been lots of excited talk on a number of foodie blogs about how wonderful it would be to have germ lawyer Bill Marler as Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture. “Marler’s wealth of practical,...
by David Gumpert | Feb 5, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I was watching this fraud expert, Harry Markopolos, testifying last night on the national news, throwing out one of the funniest lines I’ve heard in a long time, to effect: “If you flew the entire SEC staff to Boston, sat them in Fenway Park, they...
by David Gumpert | Feb 3, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I would like to begin by acknowledging Regulator’s “gotcha” request of me following my previous post concerning split samples (two or more samples from the same bulk tank) of raw milk yielding different results on pathogen presence: “Please...
by David Gumpert | Feb 1, 2009 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been feeling some uncertainty and discomfort about my two most recent posts. 1. On the uncertainty front, I’ve found myself thinking about the private lab tests in ways that never occurred to me previously. In my Jan. 29 post, I made this point:...
by David Gumpert | Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized |
In this down economy, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department is not only hiring, but paying big bucks: $63,000-$88,000, plus paid overtime, 100% pickup of retirement benefits, 20-30 days of annual leave, tuition reimbursement, 2% contribution to 401k program,...
by David Gumpert | Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Dennis Wenger, the Pennsylvania dairy farmer I wrote about in my previous post, recalled in his talk Saturday an incident that came up as part of his experience using a private laboratory to do split samples of his farm’s raw milk. I didn’t think it was...
by David Gumpert | Jan 27, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Many readers here are rightfully distinguishing between large producers of raw milk like Organic Pastures Dairy Co. and small producers, which usually have fewer than 100 cows. A few individuals with a regulator perspective have attempted to make this distinction as...
by David Gumpert | Jan 24, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Mark McAfee has been on self-imposed exile from this blog since his plea bargain deal a few weeks ago on a criminal indictment in connection with shipping raw milk outside California—on the advice of counsel, he wants to avoid irritating the federal Food and...
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