We Can Do No Wrong, Says NY Ag & Markets After Highly Questionable Lab Test Results

The Complete Patient ^ | March 3, 2008 | David E. Gumpert

[davidgumpert]

The "safety" argument can be extended so that pretty much anything is justified. The New York Department of Agriculture and Markets has in the last few weeks helped demonstrate the problem more vividly than any of us ever could imagine, though.

While the agency has been preparing its legal arguments over the last few weeks in preparation for trying to throw Barb and Steve Smith into jail for insisting on proper search warrant protection, Ag and Markets has quietly been playing another game with two other New York raw milk farmers, Jerry Snyder and Chuck Phippen—depriving them of their right to earn a living and depriving their customers of their right to raw milk. All in the name of safety.

Except, this time Ag and Markets was caught in the acts of both deception and unconscionable arrogance.

[davidgumpert]

The experiences of two farmers strongly suggests that the lab testing by New York's Department of Agriculture and Markets is seriously flawed. The agency's unwillingness to even consider that possibility enables it to trample the rights of small farms. Who is next?

[Balding_Eagle]

Bad exceprt. It tells us nothing.