A third state was hauled into federal court Wednesday where it will have to defend its recently enacted law to protect the privacy of animal agriculture under the force of criminal law. North Carolina joined
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Idaho Appeals Federal Court Decision Overturning States’s Ag-Gag Law
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco to review a lower federal court’s opinion that the Gem State’s new “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional.
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FDA Orders Idaho Juice Company to Shut Down Operations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Sun Valley Juice Company of Ketchum, ID, to stop receiving, processing, preparing, packing, holding, and distributing juice until the agency determines that the company is complying
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Federal Judge in Boise Strikes Down Idaho’s New ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
Idaho’s new “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional, U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled on Monday. A spokesman for Idaho’s attorney general said the state has not decided if it will appeal the decision to
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30 Salmonella Cases Under Investigation in Idaho at Boise Co-op
Approximately 30 confirmed cases of Salmonella are under investigation in Boise, ID, according to local news station KTVB. The Idaho Central District Health Department (CDHD) is looking into the potential that the outbreak originated
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Letter From the Editor: Better a Civil Action
It was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis who said that “a state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Idaho Restaurant
A recent Salmonella outbreak associated with a Boise, ID, restaurant has sickened at least five people. The name of the restaurant has not yet been released.
“We’ve gone in and inspected and looked at appropriate
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Idaho Cottage Food Bill Stalls Out This Session
Statewide standards for cottage food producers could be dead in Idaho for this year since that state’s legislature is headed for an early April adjournment. Opposition from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare may
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CDC: Outbreak from Raw Goat’s Milk Sickened 11 in Idaho in 2014
At least 11 people in Idaho were sickened with Cryptosporidiosis in August 2014 after consuming unpasteurized goat’s milk, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
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Legislatures Weigh Bills on Soda Labels, Microbeads, Marijuana, Powdered Alcohol, Among Others
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,
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