Consumers Defend Their Farmer Against Tyrannical FDA
Buying Club Members Angered by FDA Sting on Amish Dairy Farmer
May 3, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Liz Reitzig 301-807-5063 [email protected]
Grassfed on The Hill Buying Club
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Washington DC—A group of more than 1000 DC area or Maryland consumers are irate at the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) attempt to shut down their food supply by conducting a sting operation on their private buying club. Members of the private group contract with an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania to obtain fresh milk and other products from his farm. The FDA planted a spy in the group in October of 2009 to gather evidence against the farmer for alleged illegal interstate commerce of raw milk.
Claiming that transportation of raw milk across state lines constitutes illegal interstate commerce, FDA has conducted many sting operations and raids against US farmers providing consumers with fresh milk or fresh milk products. The most recent is this year-and-a–half long sting on the DC metro area group. FDA’s “investigation” into the activities of the group and farmer has culminated in the FDA filing a civil suit against Dan Allgyer for introducing into interstate commerce raw milk intended for human consumption and giving Allgyer notice of a pending request for permanent injunction.
“We have every right to obtain the foods of our choice from the producer of our choice based on our values,” says the group’s founder, Karine Bouis-Towe. “There is trust that is created and built between the farmer and consumer in this relationship. The FDA and other federal government agencies should not interfere in private, direct relationships
between farmers and consumers.”
The buying club and their supporters intend to fight the FDA’s claimed jurisdiction over private transactions.
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Read more stories about Dan Allgyer and the FDA.
FDA Seeks Permanent Injunction Against Amish Farmer Dan Allgyer, April 29, 2011
FDA Steps Up Enforcement Against Raw Milk, April 20, 2010
Feds Raid Amish Dairy and Threaten Action Over Raw Milk sales, June 30, 2010
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