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Farmers’ Markets, Cottage Food & Food Processing Establishments
Are you a farmers’ market vendor with temperature sensitive or cottage food products? Are you a Sanitarian assigned to inspect farmers’ markets? Join Dan Milo and staff from Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Office of Food Safety to discuss farmers’ markets … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbus Area March, Farmers Markets, Join Dan Milo, Main Street Reynoldsburg
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Good News for the Local Food Movement
Good News for the Local and Regional Food Movement President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act today, after a long bout of legislative wrangling by local food advocates, small farmers and their allies for food safety rules that protect … Continue reading
Posted in Farmer's Markets, Local Food Processing, National, News, Policy and Regulation
Tagged FDA, food safety, usda
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Food Safety Bill Passes, Now Goes to President Obama
Earlier today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2751 The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act with 215 voting for and 144 against. Ten Republicans voted for the bill (see Final Vote). This is the bill that the Senate passed by voice vote on Sunday, December 19th, with the Tester-Hagan amendment protecting small farms intact. Continue reading
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Tagged food safety
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Update on S. 510 Federal Food Safety Legislation
The Farmers Market Management Network of Ohio has been following the Senate’s food safety bill closely and just issued an alert to keep in the amendments that protect small farms and processors that sell locally. The two articles below give … Continue reading
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Senate Food Safety Bill Moves Ahead
The Senate made substantial progress on the pending Food Safety Bill Wednesday. To move the sweeping food bill forward, the upper chamber voted 74-25 to limit debate, circumventing Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) objection. And key stakeholders resolved the two controversial … Continue reading
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Local small scale co-packer in central Ohio
If you always wanted to sell your salsa at the farmer’s market or to the grocery store? There is now a facility in Franklin County that will commercially bottle small batches of high-acid foods for local farmers and entrepreneurs. They … Continue reading
ECDI Launches Kitchen Incubator Program
The Economic and Community Development Institute has been helping entrepreneurs in Columbus to start up and grow their businesses for the past five years.
Columbusunderground.com interviews Bob Leighty and Amy Szabo recently to talk about ECDI’s new “Kitchen Incubator” program and what it can mean both for entrepreneurs as well as the community as a whole. Continue reading
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ODA New Cottage Rules
It’s official. The new Ohio Dept. of Ag Cottage food rules were released. The rules now allows for a variety of new foods to be home produced, without the need for an inspected commerical kitchen. This opens up opportunities for … Continue reading
Food Chain Meeting in July
A Food Chain Meeting that will take place early the morning of July 16th in Bellville. It will be at the Dutch Heritage Restaurant just off of Interstate 71 (four exits north of Polaris). This bi-monthly meeting has proved to … Continue reading
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Waxman Food Safety Bill Introduced
On Wednesday, May 27, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (CA-30) released a discussion draft of his food safety bill, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill is largely based on provisions in H.R. 259, the … Continue reading
