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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

TAKE ACTION: USDA’s Proposed Changes Could Hurt Small Beef Processors!

By Farm-to-Consumer | December 13, 2019

Ground Meat - USDA Salmonella Action Alert

Under the new proposal, FSIS would take the same number of samples from a small facility that processes 50,000 pounds/day as from a large facility that processes a million or more pounds of product per day. Act now to protect small beef processors! Deadline to submit comments is Dec. 27…

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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, legislation, meat processing, slaughterhouses, USDA

Victory for Sheriff the Dog and Right-to-Farm

By Amelia Martin | December 11, 2019

Sheriff the Livestock Guardian Dog

The Farrises have a livestock guardian dog named Sheriff to protect their fruit and livestock on their 23-acre farm in California. All is well until a new neighbor moves in…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: California, food freedom, food rights, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, FTCLDF Members, Right to Farm, state legislation

FTCLDF and Member File Raw Butter Lawsuit

By Alexia Kulwiec | October 25, 2019

Raw Butter Lawsuit

This week, the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) and one of its members, Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy, filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Our lawsuit seeks to force…

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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, raw butter

Equipment and Utensils

By Michael Fisher | October 18, 2019

Equipment & Utensils

Sanitation requirements for equipment and utensils found in the Bureau of Animal Industry sanitation regulations, first published as 7 CFR 8 in the 1938 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), remain intact. But times have changed. Stainless steel and plastic have replaced cast iron, steel, and…

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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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