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The Debate Over the CA and NY Cases Underscores the Realities of a Two-Front Legal War for Raw Milk

by David Gumpert | Jan 4, 2008 | Uncategorized | 54 comments

I was reading Diane Reifschneider’s argument following my previous post, for a super-aggressive libel action, and saying to myself, “Yes!” “Right!” “Absolutely!”  A reaction not unlike what I experienced in speaking with...

In CA AB 1735 Conflict, You Can’t Tell the Players, or the Plays, Without a Scorecard, and Even Then You May Be Confused

by David Gumpert | Jan 3, 2008 | Uncategorized | 21 comments

There is much California-related raw-milk news contained among the comments on my previous posting. Plus, there is additional news, not yet posted.  It all adds up to a highly fluid, and confusing, situation. Here is my understanding of the key...

Forget the CA Happy Talk, Says Aajonus Vonderplanitz–He Promises a Tough Second Suit

by David Gumpert | Jan 2, 2008 | Uncategorized | 17 comments

I had an appropriately sobering New Year’s conversation with veteran raw milk combatant Aajonus Vonderplanitz, whom I had been trying to make contact with over the last couple days, since he announced his plan Sunday to raise $40,000 and file a new suit...

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by David Gumpert | Dec 31, 2007 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

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New Year’s Prediction: Watch for the Gloves to Come Off in Raw Milk Legal Battles; Real Listeriosis Story

by David Gumpert | Dec 30, 2007 | Uncategorized | 12 comments

This is the time of year when prognosticators look ahead and try to make predictions. One of the more interesting ones I read recently was a Reuters prediction of the top health issues of 2008. Guess which was #1. You’ve got it, raw milk. I had kind of put the...

I Wonder If This Case of Milk Contamination Will Make the FDA’s Presentation

by David Gumpert | Dec 29, 2007 | Uncategorized | 22 comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s web site prominently features a 64-slide presentation, “Raw Milk: Associated Public Health Risks”. It is full of statistics and descriptions of illness from raw milk–many of them questionable. It...

Today’s Lesson in Constitutional Law: CA Raw Milk Suit Alleges Three Key Infringements

by David Gumpert | Dec 28, 2007 | Uncategorized | 10 comments

Why is it that there are “no standards in place for other food providers, for example, beef, poultry, pork, eggs, vegetables, bakers, or fin or shell fish, to comply with a coliform limit in the food stuffs they produce”? That is one of the key questions...

Looking to Hedge His Bets, Mark McAfee Plans to File Suit This Week Over CA Coliform Regs

by David Gumpert | Dec 27, 2007 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

What will the New Year bring raw milk drinkers in California? Next Monday night, of course, comes the midnight hour, when new coliform standards take effect, and raw milk in California could turn into the proverbial pumpkin.  Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy...
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