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Sponsor promises to amend Montana Food Freedom bill to make it passable

By Dan Flynn on March 2, 2021

Enthusiasm is building in Montana for a Food Freedom bill that may be fatally flawed in its major elements. The major sponsor, Sen. Greg Hertz, R-Polson, has promised to keep working on the bill to …
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‘Microenterprise home kitchens’ look for food safety exemptions in Washington

By Dan Flynn on February 4, 2020

Writing in Forbes recently, Nick Sibilia, with the public interest law firm Institute forJustice, was positively giddy about the Food Freedom movement.

“Almost four years after the nation’s first ‘food freedom law was enacted, hundreds…
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Utah adopts a Food Freedom-lite bill; Maine town takes a bite

By Dan Flynn on March 9, 2018

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has less than one week to sign or veto the “Home-Consumption and Homemade Food Act” that sailed through the state legislature with only seven dissenting votes.

The Utah Food Act is…
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Top food safety stories include regs, recalls, respects this year

By Dan Flynn on December 22, 2017

Editor’s Note:  The Food Safety News list of the year’s most significant news is compiled annually by our writers and editors. The list for 2017 is not led by any one or two blockbuster food …
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Letter From The Editor: A voice for Food Freedom

By Dan Flynn on December 3, 2017

On only a half dozen occasions, has Food Safety News published articles resembling “book reviews.” For various reasons, we are not really in that business.  Sometimes, however, books merit mentions in the news. That’s what…
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Maine clarifies food freedom law for meat, poultry facilities

By Dan Flynn on October 30, 2017

Maine earlier this month amended its newly adopted food freedom law to make it clear that local governments must “comply with state and federal laws when developing ordinances for meat and poultry production and sales.”…
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USDA ready to take over meat, poultry inspections in Maine

By Dan Flynn on September 9, 2017

The Maine Legislature will meet in special session on Nov. 1 to fix the state’s recently adopted food sovereignty law. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is prepared to take over all meat and poultry inspections…
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North Dakota OK’s ‘Food Freedom’ bill — without raw milk

By Dan Flynn on April 27, 2017

Two bills, one to enact a “Food Freedom” statute and the other to continue only pasteurized milk sales, followed a similar course during the recently completed session of the North Dakota Legislature in Bismarck. Both…
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Missouri Bill Seeks End to State and Local Regulation of Direct Farm Sales

By Dan Flynn on February 25, 2015

A Missouri state legislator wants to give people the right to sell farm-produced products directly to the consumer without any interference from state or local regulatory agencies. House Bill 866 is similar to the fast-moving…
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Tour of State Legislatures Finds Spotty Interest in Food Safety Issues

By Dan Flynn on February 19, 2015

Since 2010, there have been waves of bills involving food and food safety washing through state capitals on subjects such as cottage foods, agricultural security, raw milk, and labeling food products containing genetically modified ingredients.
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