• As we warned at the time: Food Safety Modernization Act shaping up as severe burden for many small, local and artisanal producers [Tom Philpott, Mother Jones via Tim Carney, Dave Runsten and Brian Snyder, CivilEats]
• Bloomberg’s City Hall wants to keep secret the inputs to its food-scold policies. Open up, says Keep Food Legal [Reason]
• More coverage of Heritage food freedom panel I was on [Sihan Zhang, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire, Joe Daly/Accuracy in Academia, earlier]
• How shipping unions sunk food aid reform [Center for Public Integrity]
• California enacts a strong cottage food law, but needs to work on farmers’ markets [Baylen Linnekin; related on Texas]
• Law and public health profs inveigh against “Mountain Dew Mouth,” but is it a real thing? [Reason, Bill of Health, Andrew Sullivan]
• Canada’s OPEC-like maple syrup cartel fights thieves and legitimate competition alike [Lowering the Bar]

Filed under: Canada, FSMA, labor unions, Michael Bloomberg, soft drinks