Raw milk regulations

August 1, 2022

2022 State Legislature Recap (US)

Although not as many raw milk bills were introduced in 2022 as in past years, the bills before the legislatures this session overall made significant progress, […]
July 15, 2021

Raw Pet Milk Embargo Hawaii

On July 1, 2021 the Hawaii Department of Health (HDH) embargoed raw goat milk and other raw dairy products in nearly 20 pet food stores in […]
July 5, 2021

Judge Upholds FDA Raw Butter Ban

Citizen petition denied for popular item found to sicken no one.
November 11, 2019

Farmer, Wife and Law on Trial in Florida

Charged for activity making people healthier
September 24, 2018

Massachusetts Governor Meddles With Raw Milk Bill

Having his cake and eating it, too: he vetoes bills & makes his own.
July 25, 2018

A Tale of Two Food Systems

The International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) held its annual meeting July 8-11 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event […]
April 26, 2018

High Stakes for Raw Milk in Wisconsin

Wisconsin organic dairy farmer Chaz Self is a face of the crisis confronting milk producers across the country. Self’s cooperative recently dropped him as a member, leaving him scrambling to find another buyer for the milk his farm, Grassway Organics, produces. Self could be making up for some of the lost sales by selling raw milk; Wisconsin law
March 1, 2018

FDA Bootstrapping Its Power under FSMA

Recently the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYDAM) sent what it called a “Milk Control Facility FSMA Survey” to a number of licensed dairy […]
October 20, 2014

Should British Columbia Model Raw Milk Regulations on California?

Mark McAffee, a California raw milk entrepreneur and the CEO of the Raw Milk Institute, toured British Columbia last month for speaking engagements and on-farm training […]