by David Gumpert | Jul 21, 2015 | What's New |
It’s been a tough few months for Claravale Dairy, what with being linked to a number of campylobacter illnesses as well as labor problems. Two months ago, I reported on Claravale Dairy being near financial collapse, due to state-imposed recalls of its raw milk and a...
by David Gumpert | Jul 15, 2015 | What's New |
Agriculture authorities signaled a new determination to restrict herdshares in a new attack on Michigan raw milk. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development filed a civil suit against Hill High Dairy, along with its owners, Joseph and Brenda...
by David Gumpert | Jul 11, 2015 | Food Safety, Regulation, Rights, Safety, What's New |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jul 9, 2015 | What's New |
Moving is rarely much fun, whether you are moving from one home to another, or one web/blog platform to another. This blog is moving, from one platform (Drupal-based), where it’s been for the last three years, to another platform (WordPress-based). In fact, you are on...
by David Gumpert | Jun 29, 2015 | Food Safety, Raw Milk, Regulation |
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...
by David Gumpert | Jun 22, 2015 | Legal, Nutrition, Raw Milk, Regulation |
The California dairy industry, the country’s largest, is in a tizzy about Coca Cola’s new ultra-processed milk product, known as Fairlife. It’s pitched as “better milk” that commands premium prices because it goes through special processing to reduce lactose and...
by David Gumpert | Jun 18, 2015 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
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,...
by David Gumpert | Jun 7, 2015 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Resistance |
Its not often that a judge steps in to protect a farmer claiming a violation of his constitutional rights from aggressive state regulators, but thats exactly what has happened in the northeast corner of Minnesota. In a 19-page decision, state judge Michael Cuzzo...
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