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Wisconsin's war on butter is an attack on fundamental personal freedom
• http://www.naturalnews.com, by: Ethan HuffIn the dairy state of Wisconsin, the popular Kerrygold brand of grass-fed Irish butter recently had to be pulled from every grocery store shelf within its borders — not because of any safety issues, but because of an archaic rule from 1970 that gives the domestic dairy industry an unfair advantage over foreign competitors.
The rule states that, in order for a given brand of butter to be sold in Wisconsin, it must first go through a careful evaluation by a panel of "experts" that decides whether or not it meets 32 "quality points," which must align with official state standards for butter production. If a butter brand does not receive the green light, it is basically prohibited from being sold under threat of civil punishment.
This strange law gradually faded into obscurity as Wisconsin quickly rose to become a dairy leader. But now that more and more people are choosing exotic butter brands from grass-fed sources, Kerrygold being among the most popular, overzealous bureaucrats have taken to the offensive to stifle competition and keep people buying butter from American sources, and especially from Wisconsin.