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FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

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Is Your Farm Covered by the FSMA Produce Rules?

By Christine Dzujna | August 28, 2020

Colorful Carrots

This article focuses on the aspects of the FSMA most relevant to farms we assist. The FSMA standards were structured to roll out in phases and the largest businesses were the first required to meet deadlines by which they must adopt certain food safety practices, followed by the smaller players. We will focus here on small and very…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: FDA, federal legislation, federal regulations, food freedom, food rights, food safety, FSMA, FTCLDF Members, legislation, member benefits

Working to Better Serve FTCLDF Members

By Alexia Kulwiec | July 23, 2020

Member Survey Feet in Circle

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) recently conducted a survey of its members to learn how COVID-19 has affected their farm businesses and to learn what more the organization can do to serve its members. Here is what we learned and what we are planning at the FTCLDF…

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: custom meat, farmers markets, federal legislation, food clubs, food freedom, food rights, FSMA, FTCLDF Members, legislation, meat processing, member benefits, PRIME Act

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

FSMA Deadlines: Are You a “Food Facility”?

By Judith McGeary, Esq. | September 24, 2018

Food Safety Modernization Act

After nearly a decade of congressional debates, regulatory wrangling, and implementation delays, the deadline for compliance of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is now approaching. Thanks to organizations (like FTCLDF!) working for small farmers, artisan producers, and local food consumers, most small-scale producers are exempt from…

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This article can be found in: Federal News This article is related to: FDA, federal legislation, food safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, FSMA, legislation

Reclaiming Our Traditional Foodways

By Farm-to-Consumer | January 27, 2017

For the majority of this country’s history, unregulated farmer-to-consumer direct commerce was the norm in most of the United States. Consumers could even purchase meat, a food heavily regulated today, from farmers that were not

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This article can be found in: Food Rights News This article is related to: federal legislation, food freedom, food safety, FSMA, legislation, North Dakota, state legislation, Virginia, Wyoming

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