Consumers in North Dakota are one step closer to being able to buy unpasteurized milk direct from farmers.
The state’s House of Representatives passed a bill allowing dairies to sell raw, unpasteurized milk directly to consumers on an 82-9 vote.
The bill was sponsored by Dawson Holle, a Morton County
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Green Valley Foods in Devils Lake, ND, is recalling approximately 4,062 pounds of frozen meat pizza products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
. The product contains soy, a known allergen not declared on the product label.
The frozen meat pizza
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It is now legal to sell unpasteurized, raw milk directly to consumers in North Dakota.
The state Legislature approved a measure this year making the sales possible, but it specifically bans the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk to wholesalers or retailers. The new law also reinforces the federal ban on
Continue Reading Consumers can now buy raw, unpasteurized milk in North Dakota
The conference committee’s amendments on prohibitions and exemptions were accepted before the North Dakota Legislature OK’d farmers selling raw milk directly to consumers.
Those provisions provide that
— A farm may sell raw milk directly to the end consumer for personal consumption.
— A farm may not sell raw milk
Continue Reading Legislatures are acting mostly with caution when it comes to raw milk
This week is going to be remembered for another definition of the Waters of the United States, commonly known as WOTUS, being struck down by a federal court.
In this case, the U.S. District Court for North Dakota has invalidated the Environmental Protection Agency’s most recent rule for defining what
Continue Reading All wait on the ‘Navigable Waters’ of the United States case by the Supreme Court
The sale of unpasteurized milk got a boost from the North Dakota House of Representatives with the overwhelming approval of a bill that is now headed to the state’s Senate
House Bill 1515 would allow dairy owners to sell so-called raw milk at their farms. It was approved by North
Continue Reading North Dakota House sends raw milk bill to Senate; would OK on-farm sale
North Dakota health officials want state legislators to clarify rules about so-called cottage foods because of concerns about botulism poisoning.
The State Health Council, which includes two state senators, approved the proposed changes during a special meeting this week. The council doesn’t want additional regulations but rather wants to make
Continue Reading Health council wants law on ‘cottage’ foods clarified to protect the public
North Dakota lawmakers last week had a choice to make. Either fix their 2-year-old cottage food law or risk some botulism once in a while. In the name of “food freedom,” the North Dakota House decided to go with botulism, voting 26-to-65 not to amend the cottage food law.
Earlier
Continue Reading Acidic foods risk botulism and so do North Dakota lawmakers
Jensen Tuna of Louisiana is recalling frozen ground tuna imported from JK Fish, because it may potentially be contaminated with Salmonella, according to a recall notice posted on the FDA’s website Tuesday afternoon.
The recall is in response to the CDC and FDA’s investigation of 13 illnesses caused by Salmonella
Continue Reading Frozen tuna recalled in several states for Salmonella risk
Since late last year when Missouri became the first state to ban lab-grown food from being labeled as “meat,” laws in five more states have put the same labeling limits on these emerging technologies and a sixth is about the join the Show-Me-State ban.
It means at least seven new
Continue Reading The ban against lab-grown food using “meat’ on the label grows to 7 states
