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The Battle for Raw Butter Continues

By Alexia Kulwiec | March 17, 2020

Raw Butter Battle

On February 27, 2020, four years after the Petition filed by FTCLDF and member Organic Pastures Dairy Company, the FDA issued a decision denying our request to permit the interstate sales of raw butter. We now plan to challenge this decision, asking the federal court to overturn the…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: FDA, FDA lawsuit, federal legislation, federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, legislation, raw butter

Protect Product

By Michael Fisher | February 21, 2020

Protect Product Transportation

9 CFR 416.4(d) states “Product must be protected from adulteration during processing, handling, storage, loading, and unloading at and during transportation from official establishments,” The intent was to consolidate all operational sanitation requirements in a single…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, meat processing, Michael Fisher, poultry, USDA

Chemicals

By Michael Fisher | January 23, 2020

Michael Fisher Chemicals

Chemicals are everywhere. They are in our kitchens, bathrooms, garages, and yes, our food processing establishments. Avoiding 9 CFR 416.4(c) noncompliance is easy it you follow a few simple practices…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, meat processing, Michael Fisher, poultry, USDA

Unconstitutional New Rule to Affect Small Produce Farmers

By Farm & Ranch Freedom Alliance | January 2, 2020

Produce

The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance led a coalition that we were a part of in 2010, which convinced Congress to exempt small, direct-marketing farmers from the new rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). But now that the rules are being implemented by the states, the Texas…

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: Action Alerts, federal legislation, federal regulations, food freedom, food rights, food safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, FSMA, legislation, state legislation, Texas

Food Contact Surfaces

By Michael Fisher | December 20, 2019

Food Contact Surfaces

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Services inspectors routinely cite 9 CFR 416.4(a) and 9 CFR 416.4(b) when alleging noncompliance because these regulations are not straight forward. They rest on terms with no official….

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, meat processing, Michael Fisher, poultry, USDA

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