by David Gumpert | Sep 18, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation, Resistance |
Alvin Schlangen began his first day in court by rejecting a settlement offer from the prosecutor and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture that would have had him pleading guilty to one misdemeanor, paying $200 court costs, and possibly going to jail. He has...
by David Gumpert | Sep 13, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Regulation |
Minnesota farmer Alvin Schlangen goes on trial beginning Monday in Minneapolis in what could be a test case for farmers who make raw milk and other food available privately to members. The case is comprised of four misdemeanor counts alleging that...
by David Gumpert | Sep 11, 2012 | Legal, Raids |
Last May, Sen. Rand Paul proposed an amendment to a spending bill for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce the agency’s police powers. He was especially concerned about “sending armed FDA agents into peaceful farmers land and telling them they...
by David Gumpert | Sep 8, 2012 | Food Clubs, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
Almost like a mirage, the Rawesome Food Club case seems to be disappearing before our eyes. A big chunk of it vaporized Friday when two defendants–Sharon Palmer and Victoria Bloch–settled the charges filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney...
by David Gumpert | Sep 6, 2012 | Legal, Raids, Raw Milk |
For months, tedious negotiations have dragged on between the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and a group of dairy farmers over the protocol for herdshares in the state. Some hundreds of tiny California dairies offer herdshare arrangements,...
by David Gumpert | Sep 3, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Regulation |
The Center for Food Safety has filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its alleged failure to enforce the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). You may remember the FSMA–it’s the contentious law enacted in early 2011 that gives...
by David Gumpert | Aug 30, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raids, Raw Milk, Regulation, Research |
The principle of private food should get a test in front of a jury of ordinary citizens when raw dairy farmer Vernon Hershbeger goes on trial in Wisconsin on Jan. 7. I should say the principle should get a test, because initial indications are that the...
by David Gumpert | Aug 27, 2012 | Food Safety, Legal, Raw Milk, Regulation |
At first glance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-year legal assault on Estrella Family Creamery in Washington state appears entirely vindictive. The FDA seems intent on using its enormous enforcement powers to cruelly stomp on and...
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