Analysis
Federal judges so far haven’t been willing to share any of their enviable security blanket with animal agriculture.
But that might change if a strategy out of Iowa is successful. It was as recently
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Letter From The Editor: Gag me for thinking First Amendment is about truth
Opinion
Let’s just call it over. Animal agriculture has lost another one. And this one looks to be the match.
Iowa’s “agriculture production facility fraud” law was struck down by a federal judge on Jan.
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Iowa dairy warned for unsafe drug residues in cow for slaughter
An Iowa dairy is on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for offering for sale an animal for slaughter as food that was adulterated. According to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the
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It’s getting harder to open those raw milk loopholes
Raw milk advocates have gained some ground in the last decade, going from 29 to 43 states that allow some way to sell milk without pasteurization. However, in only 12 states are retail sales of
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Activists’ case on constitutionality of ‘ag-gag’ law advances
A federal judge has decided not to toss out a lawsuit about the constitutionality of Iowa’s 6-year-old “agricultural production facility fraud” statute, meaning the issue will very likely go to trial next year.
Federal District
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Nurses, doctors, others lineup against raw milk bill in Iowa
Opposition is building against an Iowa bill that would allow dairy operations in the state to sell unpasteurized milk directly to consumers.
Since it survived an initial subcommittee review with a 2-to-1 vote, opponents of
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Iowa lawmakers look at raw milk again; previous efforts failed
A subcommittee of three state legislators in Iowa voted 2-1 Tuesday to advance a bill that would allow dairy operators in the state to sell unpasteurized milk direct to consumers.
Similar bills have not survived
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Food safety, animal activists sue Iowa over 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law
Animal activists and the Center for Food Safety sued the state of Iowa in federal court Tuesday, claiming its law to prevent “agriculture production facility” fraud violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S.
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Raw milk still looking for wins as legislative season nears end
Legislatures in almost a dozen states this year are considering whether to permit sales in one form or another of raw milk, which public health officials say is dangerous because it has not been pasteurized
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Iowa raw milk bills may need life support after today
Today is the day when bills in the Iowa Senate must clear a Senate Committee or they are pretty much dead for the year.
When it comes to Senate Files (SF) 287 and 310, two
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25 sickened in Salmonella outbreak tied to deli salads
Iowa health officials are investigating about 25 illnesses potentially linked to deli-made potato salads sold by Big G Foods in Marengo, IA. Test results from the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa were
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