Delaware dairy farms will soon be able to get licenses to sell unpasteurized, raw milk.
The state’s regulations for the program are set to be released March 1, Agriculture Secretary Don Clifton told lawmakers in a Tuesday budget hearing. Following a public hearing on the regulation, the permitting process might
Continue Reading Delaware prepares to finalize rules for sales of unpasteurized, raw milk
At a time when friends don’t let friends drink raw milk and some world-renowned scientists with deep expertise in the H5N1 virus think the situation is serious enough that it should be illegal to sell milk products that are not pasteurized, not much is happening.
The raw milk business is
Continue Reading Risk warnings are not pausing raw milk consumption
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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It may come off as a truism that food safety is the “most central consumer safety and legal compliance issue” facing a food and beverage company. Yet the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Marchand v. Barnhill—a shareholder derivative suit that
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State legislatures remain in session from Alabama to Wyoming, with food safety mostly getting only a light touch from lawmakers who seem largely focused on budgets and education in this non-election year. In Alabama, where a new cottage food bill took effect last June 1, Extension services are getting
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The Delaware House of Representatives may soon consider a bill to allow the sale of unpasteurized raw milk directly to the final consumer. House Bill (HB) 150 cleared the House Agriculture Committee on June 12, an action that sets up the measure for a floor vote. 
Delaware currently prohibits such
Continue Reading Delaware Considers Allowing Farms to Sell Raw Milk
