The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against farmer Amos Miller for allegedly violating state laws by selling raw milk and other unregulated products. The lawsuit claims Miller’s actions endanger public health by not adhering to food safety regulations. Miller’s attorney, Robert Barnes, has criticized the lawsuit, asserting that it is based on false allegations and that Miller’s food is safe. Miller has a history of food safety violations, including a case where his raw milk was linked to listeria outbreaks.
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PA AG's office sues Amos Miller over raw milk sales.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against Amos Miller for allegedly selling raw milk and violating state food safety laws, claiming such actions pose a public health risk.
Miller's attorney criticizes the lawsuit.
Amos Miller’s attorney, Robert Barnes, criticizes the lawsuit, alleging it to be filled with falsehoods and affirming the safety and healthiness of Miller’s food products, framed as an issue of constitutional liberty.
History of food safety violations.
Miller has a history of refusing to comply with food safety laws, with federal authorities identifying listeria in his raw milk as far back as 2016, which was linked to listeriosis cases.
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The PA Attorney General’s Office is suing Amos Miller over selling raw milk and violating state food safety laws.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday it is suing Amos Miller to get him to stop selling raw milk and other unregulated products, claiming he is endangering public health. The suit also accuses the Upper Leacock Township farmer and the businesses he operates of violating several state laws aimed at food safety.
Miller's attorney claims the lawsuit is filled with false allegations and asserts Miller's food safety.
“The lawsuit by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is a disgrace to the rule of law, a flagrant violation of Constitutional liberty, and filled with false, fraudulent and perjurious statements by corrupt, out of control high ranking officials too often covered for by complicit media. Amos Miller’s food is much healthier, much safer and much better for members, as they make informed consent decisions to choose, than the monopolized, industrialized food of big corporations the PDA is subservient to, and those members have a Constitutional right to get direct farm-to-consumer food they trust as members of a private association. We will respond to the food thieves, farm libelers, and Amish defamers of the PDA in court, and we will bring the truth, unlike the PDA, which feasts on a diet of libelous lies.”
Miller has had a history of food safety law violations dating back to 2016.
Miller came to the attention of federal authorities in 2016 after the Food and Drug Administration said it identified listeria in samples of Miller’s raw milk and found it to be genetically similar to the bacteria in two people who developed listeriosis — one of whom died — after consuming raw milk. Since that time, state and federal authorities tried to get Miller to comply with food safety laws, but he largely refused.
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- news release
- tests linking his products to E. coli infections
- copy of the suit
- resolved the dispute by early 2023
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