Two years into suing the State of Montana over food safety gaps, Jeffrey P. Havens has learned that state District Court Judge Christopher D. Abbott has dismissed his case “with
The First Judicial District Court in Montana is the venue for the ongoing dispute that pits a former state commercial food safety officer against several assistant attorney generals. It may
Jeffrey P. Havens, the former president of the Montana Environmental Health Association, is an expert in food safety who is relatively new to the legal arena. Michael D. Russell, an
About half the states have adopted so-called “Food Freedom” laws in the past few years. These laws generally recognize the right of individuals to produce and sell homemade foods without