The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has temporarily suspended its requirement that raw cheese producers test for non-toxigenic E. coli. In 2010 FDA lowered the limit from 10,000 MPN down to 10 MPN, a move that had little to do with food safety and everything to do with
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Symbria and Sara Patterson Win FTCLDF Activism Award
Falls Church, VA—January 6, 2016—The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce that Utah farmers Symbria and Sara Patterson are the winners of the first annual Gravel Road Gang Activism Scholarship, an award recognizing
Eldon Hooley Convicted over City Food Code Violation in Texas
Falls Church, VA—December 16, 2015—After a two-day trial, a jury in Fort Worth Municipal Court found FTCLDF member and Grandview dairy farmer Eldon Hooley guilty on one count of operating a food
Breaking News: Ontario Raw Milk Farmer Released After Overnight Jail
Durham, Ontario—October 20, 2015—West Grey Police detained raw milk farmer Michael Schmidt on October 19, 2015 and held him overnight when he reported for booking on theft charges. The Canadian government is
FTCLDF Member Settles Case with Slaughterhouse
Falls Church, VA—September 30, 2015—The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund has settled another case on behalf of one of its members, Neil Perin, owner of Arcadian Acres, who raises pork and Randall veal calves near Athens, Ohio. In early 2014, Perin took three of his Randall heritage