Is it possible that enough cottage food bills got passed to carry the economy through to recovery, that most folks are happy with their raw-milk laws, and that the once-heralded “food freedom” movement never got
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Spent Grains From Brewing Process Get FSMA Reprieve
Brewers are pleased with the revised rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) published last week because their spent grains are now clearly exempted. The byproduct of the brewing process that remains after the
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FDA Releases Four Revised FSMA Rules
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published its revised provisions to four of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on Friday morning. Certain aspects of the rules for produce safety, preventive controls for human food,
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FDA’s Taylor Responds to Spent Grain Concerns and FSMA
Michael Taylor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, is trying to calm fears over the fate of human food byproducts – particularly spent grains from breweries – going
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Why Brewers Worry About FSMA
Spent grains have made a lot of headlines in the past couple of weeks. The byproduct of the brewing process that remains after the mashing and lautering stages is commonly sold or given to farmers
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CO Craft Breweries Enlist Vulnerable U.S. Senator in Pushback on Spent Grains
Spent grains, a brewing byproduct long fed to livestock, might end up in landfills if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not lift its heavy hand when it comes to the newly proposed
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