Beer prices could go up under FDA rule that angers farmers, brewers

[longknife]

Maybe this will force couch-potato Americans to rise up against Federal over-regulation!

The driver pulls his big rig in front of Widmer Brothers brewery in North Portland two or three times a day, opens the silo chute and fills up the 48-foot-long trailer with a steamy, sloshy byproduct of the brewing process.

The spent grain is hauled to dairy farms in the area, giving local cows a high-protein, high-fiber feed. In turn, the process allows Widmer to recycle its waste.

This relationship, common among brewers and farmers in Oregon and across the country, is centuries old. But it’s come under threat by a proposal from the Food and Drug Administration.

Read more of this disgusting piece @ Beer prices could go up under FDA rule that angers farmers, brewers | OregonLive.com thanks to Drew Curtis' FARK.

 

[Katzndogz]

If the government can make cattle ranching expensive enough, they can drive the ranchers out of business and achieve the UN goal of making everyone vegan.

 

[Pete7469]

I'm all for preventing food poisoning, but there should be a provable case of a person being sickened through the use of this as animal feed. Why do these bureaucrats have to invent problems?

Oh yeah...

It justifies their salaries and power grabs.

 

[percysunshine]

Has the FDA ever heard of Vegemite?

Morons.

 

[RoadVirus]

The government just isn't happy unless it's doing something destructive.

 

[blackhawk]

Screw with beer and the government will accomplish the dam near impossible unite the right, left, and center against them.

 

[Katzndogz]

If brewers have to put perfectly good grain in the landfill they will make up the losses someplace.