US: The regulators’ problem: What to do if people don’t get sick - (The Complete Patient)
October 25, 2007 – 5:47 pmI have this sneaking suspicion that the more successful a farmer becomes in the raw milk market, the more likely he or she is to be targeted by regulatory authorities.
Ive written about many of these cases. Richard Hebron and David Hochstetler, the Michigan/Indiana farmers, who together built up a successful operation around the Family Farms Cooperative in Michigan were the first to attract the regulators serious attention. Then there was Carol Schmitmeyer in Ohio.
They successfully fought back, but they arent all completely out of the woods, and the underlying message has been clear: you get too big, and were going to come after you.
We see the same thing happening in New York to Lori McGrath and Barbara Smith. They build up sustainable enterprises, and suddenly the regulators were all over them with listeria findings and search warrants.
For the complete news item, please go to http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2007/10/24/the-regulators-problem-what-to-do-if-people-dont-get-sick.html
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