As always, Amos Miller is asking supporters for financial help because he finds compliance with food safety regulations onerous.
The GiveSendGo campaign was launched to benefit Miller after the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture executed a duly issued search warrant against Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm on January 4th.
Amos Miller’s campaign goal is $150,000, according to the fundraising site. Since the campaign began on January 5th, total donations have totaled $104,524. Under the headline “Amos Miller Under Attack Again,” the fundraiser claims that Miller’s Amish farm was “raided” by Pennsylvania State Police on January 4th.
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture agents searched Mr. Miller’s farm on January 4th based on a warrant signed by State Judge B. Dennis Commins on January 3rd. The order was based on an affidavit from Sheri Morris, acting director of the Food Safety Bureau at the Department of Agriculture.
The Food Safety Administration is investigating a food poisoning outbreak that also involves New York and Michigan. The threat to human health posed by eggnog and other raw dairy products contaminated with Shiga toxin pathogens has triggered investigations by multiple states.
Miller gained experience in such fundraising while challenging federal food safety enforcement cases brought against Miller’s Organic Farm from 2016 to 2023. In 2021, Amos Miller responded to a $250,000 fine from a federal court with the following sentence: gofundme Campaigns that raised at least $52,000. At the time, he was found in contempt of court.
Mr. Miller is a multi-state farm owner and has his own buyer’s club. At the time, he called the upcoming deadline to pay $250,000 and associated testing fees the farm’s “biggest hurdle” to overcome.
“While it is certainly not our desire to ask for more donations to cover these costs, it is defending the truth, such as the demand for citric acid-free meat, that led us to this legal battle. “It’s free and it’s not,” Miller’s fundraising pitch claimed.
His 2021 gofundme goal was $75,000.
According to his fundraising campaign, Amos Miller is a victim not only of routine food safety measures, but also of special considerations from the government. However, Pennsylvania’s most recent action is the regular annual food safety inspections that each state conducts. The aim is to find out where raw eggnog and other raw dairy products are produced and remove them from the market before they cause further illness or death. The product has shown positive results in tests for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, which has already been found in Michigan and New York.
The long-running federal case ended last year when Mr. Miller’s attorney, Robert Burns, signed a third consent decree stipulating Mr. Miller’s future cooperation. This consent decree remains in effect.
More information about what happened will likely come to light as Pennsylvania, Michigan and New York investigate Stiga toxin infections linked to eggnog and raw milk. Research work may be underway on products collected from Miller’s farm.
Mr. Miller has never been licensed to operate a retail food business in Pennsylvania.
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