If your business was subject to an unannounced, warrantless inspection, would you rather it be state or federal officials knocking on your door?
That very question is being raised in Virginia for about 400 farms
Continue Reading Virginia Senate prefers state, not FDA, to inspect produce farms
As individual actions, they might not mean much. Collectively, they say Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) is not going away anytime soon.
Two states known for their cowboys, Wyoming and South Dakota, have seen early introduction of
Continue Reading Ranchers look for some traction on country-of-origin labeling
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
Continue Reading Raw milk measure buried in Massachusetts legislation
Citing increasing demand for local food, a group of state legislators in Hawaii is supporting a bill to allow the sale of raw milk in retail stores, but only if it has “a label that
Continue Reading Hawaii lawmakers say locavores want unpasteurized, raw milk
A North Dakota bill that would allow producers to sell unpasteurized, raw milk direct to consumers says dairies won’t have to do anything to control “the inherent risks” and that people who buy the milk
Continue Reading ND bill would allow raw milk sales despite ‘inherent risks’
An anti-regulation bill that would have eliminated a training requirement for people selling wild mushrooms to food establishments in Michigan has been vetoed by Gov. Rick Snyder.
The measure, HB 5532, was approved along party
Continue Reading Michigan governor nixes bill to kill mushroom certification
Marijuana is a hot topic among state ballot measures for 2016 and its highly likely after the votes are counted a fourth of the U.S. population will reside in states permitting recreational use of cannabis.
Continue Reading Marijuana is smokin’ hot on ballots; food safety not so much
State Rep. Dan Flynn has asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton if an apparent crackdown on raw milk couriers by the Texas Department of State Health Services and city health departments is legal. Rep. Flynn,
Continue Reading Texas crackdown on raw milk couriers stirs controversy
Just label It is throwing in the towel. The never-ending campaign by the organic industry’s top political players to force GMO labeling on the entire food industry says its time to move on. After a
Continue Reading Just Label It takes a victory lap after losing; opts to move on
The popular use of letter grades for restaurant inspections — used from New York City to Southern California — will be banned in Colorado under a bill that becomes law on Aug. 10. Gov. John
Continue Reading Governor lets bill banning restaurant letter grades become law
