A legal complaint is drafted challenging the constitutionality of Montana’s popular Local Food Choice Act, Food Safely News has learned. Montana’s Local Food Choice Act exempts homemade food producers from state licensure, permitting, certification, and
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Direct sales of meat to Colorado consumers may come slowly after fast approval
In the two months since Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill (SB) 21-079 to deregulate direct to consumer meat sales, there’s not been any sign of a new industry taking off. Work on writing…
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Focusing in on the details of the food revolution that is on its way
It’s not agriculture the way most of us think of it: A farmer on a tractor plowing up the soil or a crew of farmworkers harvesting a crop. How could it be? Karim Giscombe, founder…
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Montana Legislature sends ‘Local Food Choice Act’ to governor; no license needed
Tne Montana Local Food Choice Act is on the governor’s desk. It passed on the third and final readings in the House, 70-20, and the Senate, 32 to 18. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte will likely …
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Health council wants law on ‘cottage’ foods clarified to protect the public
North Dakota health officials want state legislators to clarify rules about so-called cottage foods because of concerns about botulism poisoning.
The State Health Council, which includes two state senators, approved the proposed changes during a…
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Potential for botulism prompts company to recall ‘natural’ baby and toddler foods
Two new mothers who founded a baby food company in 2018 are recalling 11 products because Canadian inspectors found they could permit growth of the bacteria that causes botulism. There are no identifying codes on…
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Penn State researchers find farmers markets’ food safety inadequate; E. coli and Listeria abound
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Many vendors at farmers markets take inadequate precautions to prevent the spread of foodborne illness, and they should be trained to reduce food-safety risks, according to Penn State researchers who completed the final phase…
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Auburn researchers find food safety gaps at ‘local’ farms
The local food trend continues to spread, with U.S. consumers increasingly wanting to know exactly where their food comes from, but new data from Auburn University shows food safety issues at “small” and “very small”…
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BrightFarms recalls leafy greens, herbs because of metal pieces
Urban greenhouse grower BrightFarms Inc. of New York City is recalling an undisclosed…
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Liberals, conservatives agree on threat of foodborne pathogens
As Americans prepare for the second week of pre-empted prime time programming tonight with the beginning of the Democratic National Convention today in Philadelphia, there’s one thing that liberals and conservatives agree about — food…
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