State Demands Amos Miller Stop Selling Dairy Products

The Pennsylvania government is demanding that Amos Miller stop providing raw milk and other dairy products to members of his private buying club.

In addition to an extension of the detainment order affecting hundreds of food items (dairy and non-dairy) at Miller’s Organic Farm in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, the state is also interfering in Miller’s business by forbidding him from selling any dairy products to his customers.

According to a Jan. 19 e-mail sent from Miller’s Organic Farm to members of the farm’s private buying club, a government order relating to dairy products was recently issued.

“We have received a letter from the State of Pennsylvania demanding that we stop providing our members with raw milk products,” the e-mail from Miller’s Organic Farm said. “We disagree with their right to demand this, and our legal team is working aggressively to resolve this situation.”

The e-mail states that all the farm’s “dairy products will not be available, including yogurts, cheeses, kefir, ice cream, butter, smoothies, cottage cheese, colostrum, cream, probiotic drinks, and milk.”

“This is going to take a significant toll on our farm financially...

The recent letter regarding dairy products is separate from the detainment order originally issued on Jan. 4 – an order which forbade Miller from selling, delivering, consigning, or offering for sale large portions of his inventory, including “raw meats, raw milk products, ice cream, and cheese.” On Jan. 11, the state extended that detainment order.

The state of Pennsylvania has been targeting Miller since at least 2016, when state agents accessed Miller’s farm store, but “were eventually asked to leave when they did not have a search warrant,” according to an affidavit of probable cause completed by Sheri Morris, Acting Bureau Director of Food Safety with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.