Posted on 04/14/2014 8:27:43 PM PDT by smokingfrog
A fight is brewing between American beer makers and the federal government over happy hour ... for cows.
For centuries, brewers have given or sold the leftover grain from the brewing process to local ranchers and dairy farmers for cattle feed. But new regulations proposed by the Food and Drug Administration threaten to end that relationship.
"The whole brewing community was shocked about it," said Josh Deth, co-owner of Revolution Brewing in Chicago, Ill.
Deth, whose title is "Chairman of the Party," says it's always been a great deal for both sides. The ranchers get the grain, and the brewers get those leftovers removed from their facilities for free.
"We're trading, giving something of value to each other and working it out. I think that's one of the really great things, and people really hate to see the government get involved in something where they can just as easily stay out of this."
Under the FDA's proposed regulations, so-called spent grains would be regulated the same as pet food -- meaning brewers would first be required to dry and package the grain without it coming into contact with humans.
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Had Enough Yet ?
The FDA: ruining people’s lives since whenever it was created.
Nanny State PING!
Thanks for the ping!
Another one: the photographic film industry needed gelatin for the products...becoming the biggest consumer of animal bones leftover from meat processing.
Just think of the danger these cows have been in all these years before the Feds found out about the grain deal. Shocking!!
Unless those cows are grazing on Federal land, then shoot and kill them.
OK, no problem. It’s not hazmat, so the brewers can certainly set it out where the garbage is, to throw it away. And it’s established law that once you throw something away, you no longer have any legal claim to it or control over it. That’s why the cops can dig through your trash even without a warrant. So if the farmers happen to come by the day before trash day and pick up some “trash” the brewers left outside, you can’t really do anything to the brewers....so......
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