Food Freedom vs. Regulatory Busybodies

While national stories like the multi-pronged assault on energy drinks and the FDA’s proposed Food Safety Modernization Act rules rightly grab headlines—and often my attention—it’s perhaps too easy to overlook the fact that much of what’s good and bad in the area of food law and policy is taking place in our backyards (and front yards, something I noted here last summer).
Cottage food laws, state laws permitting people to sell some foods prepared in the home, are one such development. In California, the state’s new cottage food law (which I wrote about previously here) appears to be a huge hit just a month into its existence.

Read more: http://reason.com/archives/2013/02/02/food-freedom-vs-regulatory-busybodies