NAPOLITANO: Raid on Amish Man's Organic Farm Should Worry Every American
Amos Miller’s Lancaster County farm was the scene of a raid over the safety of his products
Judge Andrew Napolitano criticized authorities in Pennsylvania for raiding the Amos Miller’s Lancaster County farm after obtaining a search warrant over safety concerns about his products.
The Lancaster Patriot, citing an affidavit, reported that one of the claims against Miller was filed on 19 December by Sheri Morris, acting bureau director of food safety with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
We have less freedom today than the colonists did who fought a revolution against the king - Napolitano
The report said Morris was informed “by the NY state Department of Health of a confirmed positive case of a foodborne pathogen (STEC – Shiga toxin producing E. Coli) in an underage individual” who allegedly consumed products from the farm.
Lancaster Online reported that the farm was raided on Thursday. The report said Miller does not have a state permit to sell raw milk. He is also not authorized to operate a retail outlet in the state, the report said.
The raid caught the attention of Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who posted on X: “With all of the problems in society today, this is what the government wants to focus on? A man growing food for informed customers, without participating in the industrial meat/milk complex? It’s shameful that it’s come to this.”
Napolitano commented on the raid.
NAPOLITANO: Amos Miller is an Amish farmer not far from where I live, but on the other side of the Delaware River. The state police raided his farm and stole all of his farm products because of a search warrant authorizing them to do so. Now, a search warrant can only be based on probable cause of a crime. This search warrant was based on the fact that someone in the state of New York got sick on a milk product and thought that it came from Amos's farm. He has never been sued, never been charged, never been held liable in any way. But here's a guy who sells milk that is unpasteurized and unadulterated, contrary to what the state of Pennsylvania wants, he doesn't sell it to the public… he only sells it to members of his club who state in writing, ‘I know what I'm buying and this is what I want and this is all that I want to put in my body and my children's body.’ So this another example of the Nanny Staters using the criminal process because they don't like what he sells.
We have less freedom today than the colonists did who fought a revolution against the king.
'because they don't like what he sells.'
Raw dairy is legal for sale in PA. I live there and buy it all the time. This isnt about raw milk. If it was, the state would just ban the sale instead of letting it be sold all over the state.