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Raw Butter Is Better

By Alexia Kulwiec | July 31, 2020

Raw Butter

FTCLDF has two important updates: First, on August 18, 2020, we are hosting a free webinar to anyone interested in learning more about the properties of raw butter and what contributes to its safety. Second, the FDA has formally filed an Answer to the federal court complaint, and I expect litigation efforts to soon begin….

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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

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

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

TOAST GOODBYE TO THE BUTTER BAN – 2018 Fundraiser

By Katherine Ghantous | April 4, 2018

Donate to Butter Ban

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund believes consumers have the right to buy products directly from farmers, but the government disagrees. The government has instead chosen to build a veritable wall of laws. These laws prohibit the sale of nutrient-dense foods, torment farmers with unannounced inspections and piles of paperwork, and make it harder for farmers […]

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This article can be found in: Fundraising This article is related to: FDA, federal legislation, federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, FTCLDF Cases, raw butter

FDA Boxed in on Interstate Ban

By Farm-to-Consumer | July 26, 2017

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

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This article can be found in: Federal News, Food Rights News This article is related to: CDC data, FDA, FDA regulations, federal regulations, food freedom, food safety, raw butter, raw milk

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