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Massachusetts likely to make changes in 21-year old Cottage Food law

By Dan Flynn on November 8, 2021

The Massachusetts “cottage food law” is out-of-date and needs to be updated, according to some.

The Bay State was one of the first states to allow the sale of cottage foods, meaning low-risk homemade food…
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Whole Fennel Seed recalled in over 24 states for Salmonella risk

By News Desk on July 24, 2019

Mountain Rose Herbs (MRH) of Eugene, Oregon is recalling all sizes ranging from 4-oz. to 50-lbs. of its ‘Fennel Seed Whole’ Lot #25031, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, according to…
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Raw milk still looking for wins as legislative season nears end

By Dan Flynn on March 23, 2017

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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Raw milk measure buried in Massachusetts legislation

By Coral Beach on January 31, 2017

Tucked into a rambling bill “promoting agriculture in the Commonwealth” of Massachusetts that includes provisions on joy-riding all-terrain vehicle operators, rain sensors on residential landscape sprinkler systems, and sundry sections on land assessments, re-valuation and…
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Cannabis 101: Cues to determine shelf life of that newly legal marijuana

By News Desk on September 15, 2016

Food safety experts usually don’t see shelf life or expiration dates as big issues, but survey results consistently show that the public worries about those use-by and best-buy dates. It only stands to reason, then,…
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Bogus food safety certificates going for $450 in Massachusetts

By News Desk on July 29, 2016

The city of Lawrence in Massachusetts has a lot going for it. A park dedicated to food trucks during the summer, a farmers market open two days a week, and an event on Sundays to…
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Massachusetts Officials Close Some Oyster Beds After Vibrio Outbreak

By News Desk on October 1, 2015

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) have announced a 14-day closure of oyster beds located in Duxbury Bay, Kingston Bay, Bluefish…
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State Legislatures Pass on Adopting GMO-Labeling Policies This Year

By Dan Flynn on June 24, 2015

U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) may want to send some thank-you letters out to state legislative leaders who shut down efforts to get in his way this year. Pompeo is the GOP’s point man in …
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Health Code Violations in Boston Not Unusual, Not Acceptable

By Lydia Zuraw on May 28, 2015

Recent news that nearly half of Boston’s restaurants were cited for serious health code violations last year is not out of the norm but is still alarming. “At least two violations that can cause food-borne…
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Northeast U.S. Continues to be a Hotspot for GMO-Labeling Bills

By Dan Flynn on March 11, 2015

Mark Lynas, the British environmentalist and author, recently wrote in the Washington Post that activists should not be more convincing than scientists when it comes to issues like GMO food. But in Massachusetts, activists from…
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