April 27, 2017
On April 20, Ohio-based Minerva Dairy sued the State of Wisconsin in federal district court over its “newly enforced ban on the sale of ungraded butter,” calling the law “an unjustified, anti-competitive restriction that protects large Wisconsin-based dairies.” The thrust of Minerva’s allegations are clear: protectionism is alive and well in the dairy industry.
February 19, 2017
In the shadow of the proposed DAIRY PRIDE Act, the New York Times weighs in on the labeling debate with an interesting article highlighting legal difficulties the dairy industry faces in its effort to prevent non-dairy producers from calling their product milk, cheese, or yogurt.
January 28, 2017
Not according to U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D, Wisconsin), self-proclaimed champion of Wisconsin dairy farmers, who earlier this month introduced legislation in Congress to “combat the unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products.”
November 29, 2016
A recent article from Canada’s National Post highlights the unintended consequences of government meddling in the dairy industry, including black markets, market inefficiencies, inflated costs of living, shortages, barriers to entry, and government mandated destruction of usable product.
September 9, 2016
Law firm Hagens Berman recently announced that $52 million dollar settlement has been reached in a long-standing price-fixing antitrust case filed back in 2011 against major industry players including Land O’Lakes, Agri-Mark Inc., and the National Milk Producers Federation.
July 31, 2016
Here lies
Vermont’s GMO Law
July 1, 2016 – Jul 29, 2016
“Gone and hopefully forgotten.”
July 16, 2016
According to reports, Romania’s president signed into law “a bill under which at least 51% of short food supply chain products such as meat, vegetables, fruits, eggs, dairy products and bread sold in supermarkets should come from local producers.” Protectionism, it appears, is alive and well in the eastern bloc.
May 28, 2016
The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post have taken on the next great American crisis of delicious proportions: “The Great Cheese Glut of 2016.”
March 14, 2016
Bloomberg News reports that the US Food and Drug Administration recently discovered “evidence that Castle Cheese Inc. was doctoring its 100 percent real Parmesan with cut-rate substitutes and such fillers as wood pulp and distributing it to some of the country’s biggest grocery chains.” Eek!
February 20, 2016
Several years back, Devotion Spirits experimented with a casein infused vodka targeted towards the health and bodybuilding set. They hired a celebrity spokesman and earned some early buzz, but things went downhill from there. Devotion’s claims that the vodka “contains 2 grams of protein per 1.5 ounce serving; that it will help build muscle mass; and that it will not cause hangovers” caught the eye of the FTC, who closed their investigation in October 2012 only after