Friday, April 29, 2011

Feds Fight Against, Raw Milk?

 How far should government go in ensuring our food is safe?  Well the Washington Times shows how far the Feds would go.
A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area.
There comes a point where food regulation does more harm than good. Everyone in our country should be able to choose where there food comes from, and how it's produced.  This is the third such story I've read in the past 2 years.  I'd guess there are more such cases that are unaccounted for.  But what do you think?

“I look at this as the FDA is in cahoots with the large milk producers,” said Karin Edgett, a D.C. resident who buys directly from Rainbow Acres. “I don’t want the FDA and my tax dollars to go to shut down a farm that hasn’t had any complaints against it. They’re producing good food, and the consumers are extremely happy with it.”
The way I see it, whether you are for raw milk or not, the real question here is do we want our taxpayer dollars funding this kind of control?  Read the rest of the article here.

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