What food is legal to purchase
from your neighbor:
What food is not legal to purchase from your neighbor
Pesto
Soup
Milk,
Butter,
Cream
fresh Cheese
Hard boiled eggs
Shucked Oysters
Picked Crab Meat
Beer or Wine or Mead
Iced Tea, Coffee, Lemonade
Quiche
Lasagna
Pork or Beef
Reasons why it is Legal
Unwashed Eggs have a microscopic antibacterial film the chicken secretes as it is laid.
Raw Vegetables have not been "processed"
Raw Chicken is allowed because?
raw beef or Pork is not legal to be sold w/o USDA stamp
60 Day aged cheese made from raw ( unpasteurized) Milk. The time factor eliminates pathogens
Seafood has not been "processed"
Reasons why it is not Legal
Because the "industry" says it is "processed" and needs government inspection to make sure it is safe to eat.
Veiled in Health and Safety they continually say that if anyone got sick it could
"devastate the entire industry in VA"
That means big processors rights trump individuals rights
How one legally gets the foods they want
Milk:
A "Cow Share" operation, where you own a peice of the cow. Legally the milk is yours and you are just paying someone board to keep your cow and to milk it for you.
Beef, Pork or Lamb:
One must own the animal before it is killed..so it is sold by the half or quarter. Go to any farmer you see that has cows in his field and ask if you can buy one or a fraction of one. The Animal can go to a professional Butcher. You can call a local butcher and ask if he knows of a farmer who has a fraction of an animal to sell. OR the Animal can be slaughtered and butchered on the farm. There is no law preventing the owner from having the Farmer help him butcher his own animal.
Some foods are legal and some foods aren't
Legal Anomalies
One day non-profit bake sales are EXEMPT from all VDACS and Health Department Regulations. They are only exempt because of VICFA efforts.
Chickens processed (slaughtered and butchered on the farm) are totally legal to sell, requiring no permit if sales are under 1,000 birds
Raw Foods:
Eggs,
Raw Poultry
Raw Vegetables,
Raw Fruits,
Live Oysters in the Shell,
Live Crabs in the shell,
Fresh Fish
Processed Foods: (shelf stable)
dry pasta, dry teas, dry herbs, dry herb mixtures, dry seasoning mixtures, dried soup beans, dried fruits, roasted coffee
jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, pickled vegetables, vinegars and flavored vinegars,
cereal, granola, trail mixes, nuts (coated and uncoated),
beef jerky
cookies, breads, pies and all other baked goods that do not require time or temperature control.
60 day aged cheeses
