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Federal judge strikes down Louisiana labeling law for plant-based meat

By Dan Flynn on March 31, 2022

The “Truth in Labeling of Food Products Act” passed by the Louisiana Legislature in 2019 violates the commercial free speech rights of Turtle Island Foods, which produces and packages plant-based meat products marketed and sold…
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Food poisoning victim count nears 160 in jambalaya outbreak

By Coral Beach on October 24, 2017

A week after softball fundraisers served up jambalaya in a Louisiana town of about 400, state health officials reported a food poisoning victim count of 158, with 40 hospitalized.

One person who ate the jambalaya…
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2nd pathogen in fundraiser outbreak; jambalaya still suspect

By Coral Beach on October 21, 2017

A second pathogen is in play in a northeast Louisiana outbreak thought to be caused by jambalaya served at a softball fundraising event Monday.

By Friday afternoon, 125 people were confirmed sick and investigators found…
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Louisiana raw milk bill dies in House agriculture committee

By Dan Flynn on May 6, 2016

A bill to allow the sales of raw milk by a farmer to a consumer, which passed the Louisiana Senate on a 23-to-12 vote, has died in a House committee. The Committee on Agriculture, Forestry,…
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Another state could put its restaurant inspectors on the streets

By News Desk on May 6, 2016

Office building owners on Poydras Street in New Orleans are worried about losing tenants and lease payments over Louisiana’s worst state budget crisis in 30 years. Like nearby Mississippi, where some state restaurant inspectors have…
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E. Coli Outbreak Centered on Private School in Louisiana

By Dan Flynn on April 2, 2015

When an exclusive private school suddenly extends its Easter break, it might be a good time to check with social media to see if, in fact, an outbreak of foodborne illness has occurred. That appears…
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Legislatures Weigh Bills on Soda Labels, Microbeads, Marijuana, Powdered Alcohol, Among Others

By Dan Flynn on February 19, 2015

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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Louisiana Senate Kills Bill Allowing Farmers to Sell Raw Milk to Consumers

By Dan Flynn on May 26, 2014

A House-passed bill to permit the sale or distribution of raw milk by the farmer directly to a consumer is dead in the Louisiana Senate. The lower chamber of the Louisiana Legislature easily approved House…
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Louisiana Legislative Debate: Child Victims of Raw Milk Illness Can Just ‘Go To Heaven’

By Dan Flynn on April 29, 2014

Debate on a Louisiana bill to allow on-the-farm raw milk sales by dairy farmers directly to consumers took a strange twist down the “what if” road last week. Under the bill, consumers would replace state…
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Raw Milk Gets Rare Hearing Today in Baton Rouge

By News Desk on April 24, 2014

Two Democratic state lawmakers representing mostly rural parishes are getting a legislative hearing today on a raw milk bill. If that does not sound like much, consider that Baton Rouge political watchers say it’s been…
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