>Please feel free to cross post this email, but only in its entirety.
>From: [email protected] >Subject: The government at our door > >Dear BARFers, > >(I don't want to get too OT, but I fell this is very important as it >threatens the BARF and grassfed animal product and by product supply.) > >Last Thursday 2 Stat Dept. Ag people and 1 USDA person arrived at our farm >unannounced. Their sole intent appeared to be shutting down every operation >we have here. Below are some of the highlights: > >1. Because we sell PEOPLE food for pets, they say we are not in compliance >with labeling laws for pet food and they will require nutritional analysis >and additional labeling for EVERY package of pet food. > >HAS ANYONE ELSE SELLING BARF ENCOUNTERED THIS?????? > >2. The SAME agency who said we could sell raw dairy for animal consumption >now says that we cannot and furthermore THEY WILL BE LEVYING A FINE. > >3. The USDA, whom we had met with regarding our on farm (legal) chicken >processing, now questions its legality and compliance. > >4. They even took a SOAP label to question its merits, and soap is regulated >by FDA, not USDA. > >5. On this Friday I found out they had also visited the place where we >purchase DRY ICE and inquired about our business with them. > >This is very, very serious and threatens our very livelihood as well as that >of other producers grassfed meats, pastured poultry and even soap! If the >state or Feds in TN are able to shut down ANY aspect of our operation, it >will set a precedence for other government agencies EVERYWHERE. As hard as it >is to get animal by products now to feed our beloved pets, if this action >goes through, it could become next to impossible! > >Before it is over and done, I expect to also see EPA (feather and blood >composting) and OSHA at our door as well. Without Divine intervention I >expect this to escalate and get very, very unpleasant. (BTW, yes we have >attorneys on retainer.) > >Please feel free to cross post this email, but only in its entirety. > >Jenny Drake > >Peaceful Pastures All Natural Meats >Beef, veal, chicken, turkey, lamb, pork >www.PeacefulPastures.com
