Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund

Defending the rights and broadening the freedoms of family farms and protecting consumer access to raw milk and nutrient-dense foods.

Who's Your Farmer? SM

Defending the rights and broadening the freedoms of family farms and protecting consumer access to raw milk and nutrient-dense foods.

FDA Boxed in on Interstate Ban

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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

Raw Butter Is a Communicable Disease

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Ridiculous, but true: The FDA is telling us that it can ban raw butter in interstate commerce under its power to regulate communicable disease.

Why is this ban silly?
– Raw butter has the safest record of any dairy product and has not been proven to cause any food borne illness.
– The law doesn’t allow the FDA to take this action.