Would allow the sale of raw milk and raw milk products under Michigan’s manufacturing milk law, with tie-barred bills amending the food law and Grade A milk law. Referred to second reading in the House. Families should be free to buy raw milk directly from farmers they trust.
Allows a person to keep six or fewer backyard chickens on residential property in cities and certain other local governments, and limits local regulatory authority. Families should be free to raise some of their own food at home.
Adds tallow-based cosmetic products to the definition of home-based processor products. Small home producers should be free to make and sell traditional goods.
Creates an Indiana food protection panel to hear appeals of local health enforcement actions. It also bars local health departments from imposing standards stricter than the state’s minimum sanitary standards. Small food producers deserve consistent rules and a fair appeal when local officials go beyond state standards.
Eliminates provisions relating to raw milk, including its production at certain dairies, products made from raw milk, and labeling and distribution. Families should be free to buy raw milk from farmers they trust, and CODR is watching how this change would affect that access.
Provides for the Idaho Direct to Consumer Commerce Act. Families should be free to buy food directly from local producers.
Establishes labeling, oversight, and penalties for cell-cultivated animal protein. Consumers deserve to know whether their meat was grown in a lab.
Renames the Garden Act and gives people the right to keep backyard chickens where they live, while letting municipalities set reasonable rules. Families should be free to raise some of their own food at home.
Requires food service establishments to disclose when food contains cell-cultured meat or plant-based meat alternatives. People have a right to know what is in the food they buy.
Authorizes and decriminalizes direct sales of raw milk and raw milk products from producers to consumers, subject to certain restrictions, and allows raw goat milk sales for pets. Families should be free to buy raw milk directly from the farmers they trust.