A bill to partially deregulate the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk has been approved by the Arkansas Legislature and is headed to Gov. Sarah Sanders to be signed into law.
The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the State Senate on Monday. The State House of Representatives also approved the bill
Continue Reading Arkansas Legislature approves bill to expand sales of unpasteurized milk
A bill in the Arkansas Legislature that would allow the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk has been approved by a House committee.
With the approval from the Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee, House Bill 1048 now advances to the the state’s full House of Representatives for consideration. State Sen.
Continue Reading Arkansas House committee advances bill to allow sale of raw, unpasteurized milk
State and federal public health officials are working with the University of Arkansas on what appears to be an outbreak of E. Coli infections.
During a news conference this afternoon, a spokesman from the Arkansas Department of Health said four people were hospitalized. Also, about 100 students from the university
Continue Reading University of Arkansas officials report E. coli outbreak
In Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Sanders has signed the Youth Hiring Act of 2023, removing the requirement that a parent or guardian consent to a child starting a job or getting an employment certificate.
In Iowa, there’s a bill that would allow 14 and 15 year olds to work specific jobs
Continue Reading Red tape in child labor laws is being removed in several ‘Red’ states
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and Arkansas have finalized a cooperative agreement under which state inspectors rather than federal inspectors may inspect meat products produced for shipment within the state.
Under the agreement, the state inspection program must enforce requirements “at least equal to” those implemented under the
Continue Reading FSIS and Arkansas sign cooperative agreement for meat inspection program
The Arkansas Department of Health is warning of possible hepatitis A exposures after an employee of Wendy’s at 721 North Arkansas, in Russellville tested positive for the virus.
Anyone who ate at the restaurant between Dec. 12, 2021, and Jan. 3, 2022, should seek care immediately if they have never
Continue Reading Wendy’s patrons may have been exposed to hepatitis A; still time for treatment for some
Animal activists recently took their first shot at the innovative Arkansas law to secure animal agriculture and pretty wildly missed the target. Judge “Jay” Moody dismissed in its entirety the challenge to the new law.
Moody handed down his decision for the U.S. District Court in mid-February just as the
Continue Reading Appellate review of Arkansas’s new “cause of action” is underway in St. Louis
Back in the day, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) warned states to avoid passing what the some people called “ag-gag” laws. HSUS said “ag-gag” laws involved three elements:
Continue Reading What if an ‘unripe’ civil trespass statute goes to a bench trial in Arkansas?
Animal activist organizations want to conduct undercover investigations by gaining entry to the nonpublic areas of private property and collecting evidence of animal abuse in the form of audio or video recordings or other documentation.
Animal agriculture does not want those uninvited visitors, and first tried expanded criminal statutes to
Continue Reading Activists are now challenging civil statutes for spying on animal agriculture
Since late last year when Missouri became the first state to ban lab-grown food from being labeled as “meat,” laws in five more states have put the same labeling limits on these emerging technologies and a sixth is about the join the Show-Me-State ban.
It means at least seven new
Continue Reading The ban against lab-grown food using “meat’ on the label grows to 7 states
