Rawesome Raid article in San Francisco paper about protest is it a control issue? Are we allowed as people to own or buy products that do not have government approval? What is the health issue here? Raw milk is healthy, They, FDA, says it is not.

Date:   8/4/2011 12:18:52 PM ( 13 y ago)

GOOD ARTICLE IN San Francisco paper
August 4, 2011


uploaded here
August 4, 2011

SAN DIEGO
We NEED TO POLICE OUR OWN!!!!!

laws were broken
but the FDA did not have jurisdiction in this case.


PERMITS NEEDED?

Ventura County farmer Sharon Ann Palmer, her employee Eugenie Bloch and James Stewart, who runs Rawesome Foods in Venice were arrested Wednesday and charged with conspiracy and other crimes in a 13-count complaint filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.

Arraignments were scheduled for Bloch and Stewart on Thursday; an arraignment hearing has not been set for Palmer.

Prosecutors alleged that Palmer, 51, has run Healthy Family Farms in Santa Paula since 2007 without any type of business license or permit showing her animals and equipment were safe. They claimed that she, Bloch and Stewart assisted in the farm's operation and the distribution of its milk, dairy and egg products, many of which were sold at Rawesome.

While it's legal to make and sell unpasteurized dairy products in California, farms must have licenses and permits and submit to regular veterinarian inspections of the animals as well as follow equipment and sanitation requirements.


IS IT A CONTROL ISSUE?

A volunteer at Rawesome said inspectors took samples of food products during the June 2010 raid, but on Wednesday officers who served a search warrant at the market Wednesday dumped all dairy products and confiscated cash from the register.

"It seems highly aggressive considering how tiny we are and for what we're actually doing," Joanne Whittle said. "We're not selling crack cocaine or drugs or alcohol."

She said Rawesome is made up of private members who signed legal forms agreeing to purchase food products that have not met government standards.

"I guess that's their bone of contention, that they can't control us," Whittle said.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/08/04/state/n095640D77....


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/08/04/state/n095640D77.DTL


FROM WESTON A PRICE


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THIS CASE PROVES
COMMERICAL EGGS CAN BE DANGEROUS!!!

more on that later...




 

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