Federal

February 11, 2018

Raw Milk Bill Tracker

State-by-State tracking of legislation that could affect access to and distribution of raw milk and raw milk products in the U.S. Click on the bill label […]
January 13, 2018

Only Seven States to Go

When we began A Campaign for Real Milk back in 1999, farmers could supply raw milk through direct sales, retail sales, sales as pet milk, or […]
January 11, 2018

A Wishlist of Just Laws for Those Who Feed Our Families

At the end of 2017 there were several enforcement actions and investigations underway against raw milk distributors. In a Kansas City district court the U.S. Food […]
November 19, 2017

FDA Files Lawsuit to Seize Healthy Food

On October 19, 2017, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a complaint with a federal district court in Kansas to seize and condemn […]
October 24, 2017

The Wholesome Meat Act Hustle

This month the Maine Legislature held an emergency session, a move partly due to a threat from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to shut […]
July 31, 2017

FDA Boxed in on Interstate Ban

For some time now, enforcement on the interstate ban of raw milk and raw milk products by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has […]
April 16, 2017

The Ban That Never Was

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. The interstate ban on raw milk for human consumption went into effect in 1987. The position of the Food and Drug Administration […]
April 14, 2017

Raw Butter, A Communicable Disease?

By Pete Kennedy, Esq. On June 22 Mark McAfee, the president of Organic Pastures Dairy Company (OPDC), and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund submitted a citizen […]
April 14, 2017

Raw Milk Debate at the IAFP: A Clash of Culture

by Sally Fallon Morell The International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) is a member-based association of more than four thousand food safety professionals “committed to Advancing […]