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Food Rights News

Action Alert: Want local meat? Tell Congress to Pass the PRIME Act

By Farm-to-Consumer | October 26, 2017

High-quality local meat can be hard to find, and one of the main reasons is the shortage of inspected slaughterhouses that are accessible to small farmers in many parts of the country. Farmers often have to haul their animals several

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This article can be found in: Action Alerts, Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, custom meat, federal legislation, food freedom, legislation, PRIME Act

Feds Admit Harassing Small Montana Meat Plant, But Take No Action

By David McCumber | October 11, 2017

As a boy growing up in Butte, Bart Riley loved spending time at the family business, Riley Meats, on West Park Street. Young Bart and his siblings would help out cleaning the shop after his father was done cutting meat for the day

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations, State News This article is related to: federal legislation, food freedom, food safety, legislation, meat processing, Montana, slaughterhouses, state legislation, USDA

FDA Boxed in on Interstate Ban

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 26, 2017

For some time now, enforcement on the interstate ban of raw milk and raw milk products by the United States Food and Drug Administration has looked to be an exercise in futility (only raw cheese aged 60 days or more is legal in interstate commerce). Thousands of otherwise law-abiding

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: CDC data, FDA, FDA regulations, federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, raw butter, raw milk

State Meat Processing Regulations: Taking What the Feds Give

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 21, 2017

The Wholesome Meat Act of 1967, legislation passed by Congress giving the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) the jurisdiction over intrastate meat slaughter and processing, ranks as one of the worst pieces of food

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, State Laws and Regulations This article is related to: custom meat, federal regulations, food safety, meat proce, regulations, slaughterhouses, USDA

PRIME Act Reintroduced in Congress; Bill Needed More Than Ever

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 12, 2017

FALLS CHURCH, VA—JULY 12, 2017—On May 25, Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator Angus King (I-ME) and Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News, Press Room This article is related to: custom meat, federal legislation, food freedom, legislation, meat processing, PRIME Act, slaughterhouses

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