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Letter to the Editor: Raw milk legislation in Alaska

By Guest Contributor on February 12, 2022

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The Department of Environmental Conservation, a government agency in Alaska responsible for making sure citizens have access to safe food at the grocery store, has put out a proposed regulation change that…
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Oregon’s food safety program fees could increase if bill earns legislative approval

By News Desk on February 9, 2021

Legislators in Oregon are considering whether to allow the state’s Department of Agriculture to increase fees for food safety program fees.

The bill in question, Senate Bill 33, has the backing of Gov. Kate Brown.
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Florida town imposes $50 per day fine for growing edible plants in front yards

By Dan Flynn on January 18, 2019

A bill waiting in the Rules Committee of the Florida Legislature may end one of the more bizarre powers of local government, the prohibition of vegetable gardens on residential properties.

The potential of Senate Bill…
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Senate might not buy King’s amendment to open all states to all American farm products

By Dan Flynn on August 7, 2018

Representative Steve King, R-IA, has succeeded in attaching his “Protect Interstate Commerce Act (PICA) of 2018” to the House version of the now 641-page “Farm Bill” and senators are pushing back.

A conservative Republican, King…
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Nurses, doctors, others lineup against raw milk bill in Iowa

By News Desk on February 15, 2018

Opposition is building against an Iowa bill that would allow dairy operations in the state to sell unpasteurized milk directly to consumers.

Since it survived an initial subcommittee review with a 2-to-1 vote, opponents of…
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Iowa lawmakers look at raw milk again; previous efforts failed

By Coral Beach on January 31, 2018

A subcommittee of three state legislators in Iowa voted 2-1 Tuesday to advance a bill that would allow dairy operators in the state to sell unpasteurized milk direct to consumers.

Similar bills have not survived…
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Letter to the Editor: CA needs to close antibiotic loopholes

By Food Safety News Readers on October 19, 2017

Editor’s note: A group of faculty and staff from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health sent the below letter to several California officials this past week.

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Rhode Island lawmakers plan vote on raw milk before last gavel

By News Desk on June 28, 2017

RIstatehouse_406x250Ahead of its plans at week’s end to adjourn sine de di, the Rhode Island General Assembly will vote, as early as today, on Senate Bill No. 247, which would establish rules and regulations for…
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Mixed district court ‘ag-gag’ rulings are getting appellate review

By Dan Flynn on May 16, 2017

The question of whether otherwise illegal acts — like lying on an employment application —  are Constitutionally protected if they prevent enterprising reporters or animal activists from being successful is now framed before a three-judge…
Continue Reading Mixed district court ‘ag-gag’ rulings are getting appellate review

Lawmaker has ‘insurance’ ready if Montana OKs raw milk sales

By Dan Flynn on April 5, 2017

Montana State Sen. Diane Sands knows from her own studies as the retired development director of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula that infant mortality improved and stillbirths declined after pasteurized milk became available.

That’s…
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