Governor Brian P. Kemp made a special occasion earlier this month for signage of his administration’s Georgia Grown Farm to Food Bank legislation (SB 396), the Freedom to Farm Act (HB 1150
Continue Reading Raw milk wins in Georgia, runs ahead in Missouri, but dies in Iowa
Many times during the past two decades, it looked like Iowa consumers were going to lose their protection from the hazards of raw milk. But, the Iowa Legislature has always come through by continuing the
Continue Reading Iowa Senate approves on-farm sales and distribution of unpasteurized, raw milk
A verbose 10th Circuit has split with the 8th Circuit over whether lying is constitutionally protected speech. The disputed ground between the Denver-based 10th Circuit and the St. Louis-based 8th Circuit involves their interpretations of
Continue Reading Circuit courts differ over whether lies to access property are protected by the First Amendment
When the CDC declared a Jimmy John’s E. coli O103 outbreak over with a total of 51 people infected from 10 states, the agency included only three patients from Iowa.
However, a report from the
Continue Reading State reports different numbers for Jimmy John’s outbreak than CDC did
For the conservative Eighth Circuit, lying to gain access to the property on the premise that animal abuse might be occurring does not cut it as First Amendment-protected speech.
A three-member panel on Aug. 10
Continue Reading Eighth Circuit breaths life back into Iowa’s ‘ag-gag’ law
Amid an ongoing outbreak, BrightFarms is expanding a recall of packaged salad greens that were produced in its Rochelle, IL, greenhouse farm and sold in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan because of potential Salmonella
Continue Reading BrightFarms expands recall of packaged salad greens linked to Salmonella outbreak
Public health officials in Eastern Iowa are investigating a cluster of E. Coli infections that has hospitalized at least three children with a severe type of kidney failure known as HUS.
Investigators have not identified
Continue Reading Children in Iowa hospitalized with E. coli infections; investigators looking for cause
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the state of Iowa have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) agreement. It allows state-inspected meat and poultry products to be shipped across state lines.
The agreement
Continue Reading Iowa is 7th state to earn OK for interstate sales of state-inspected meat, poultry
Federal judges did not much like the newer laws to protect animal agriculture from prying eyes. So-called “ag-gag” laws adopted during the last decade in Utah, Idaho, and Iowa were struck mainly down as unconstitutional
Continue Reading Kansas becomes 4th state with unconstitutional “ag-gag” law
Hy-Vee Inc. of West Des Moines, IA, is recalling seven of its Hy-Vee Mealtime Asian Entrees because it was discovered that the liquid egg used to make the fried rice contains milk, which was not
Continue Reading Various Hy-Vee Mealtime Asian Entrees recalled for undeclared milk
