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'Food Freedom' Dies, Raw Milk Up Next in Wyoming

By Dan Flynn and Suzanna Schreck

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After turning down a so-called "Food Freedom" bill, a Wyoming state legislative committee is scheduled to consider a proposal today that would legalize the sale of raw milk through "herd-share agreements."
Under such arrangements, legal in some states and done in others to skirt public food-safety laws, farmers sell an ownership share of a cow or herd to consumers who want to drink unpasteurized milk.
The action follows the state House Agriculture Committee's narrow rejection earlier this week of a bill to exempt from state licensing and food safety inspection rules farmers and home-based food producers who sell their wares directly to consumers.
The committee turned down what was known as the Wyoming Food Freedom Act by a 5-4 vote. A similar bill, sponsored by Rep. Sue Wallis, R-Recluse, also died in a state Senate committee last year.
But during its meeting Tuesday, the House committee unanimously approved a companion bill that exempts homemade foods served at "traditional events," including potlucks and school fundraisers, from state licensing and inspection.

Full post as published by Food Safety News on January 20, 2011 (boomark / email).