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have cleared it to produce and sell once again.
The bottom line is that Rucker Farms can again produce and sell the goat cheeses that have garnered local and regional (if not international) favor, but there is now an underlying concern that DACS's conduct will render questionable any future action that it takes at Rucker Farms or anywhere else in the Commonwealth.
There are a number of aspects of DACS's conduct that bring to question its ability to perform. The chronology of the Rucker Farms' inspection, sampling, analysis and the development of conclusions that led to the "voluntary" recall are in conflict with the products' shelf life and do not reflect the need for expediency that should be of utmost importance when dealing with public health and safety. The routine inspection that concluded with the sample taking occurred on July 17, but final test results were not obtained until Aug. 4 and the recall press release was not issued until Aug. 9.
Because the normal shelf life of Rucker Farms' goat cheeses is 7 to 10 days, all of the product that might have been contaminated would likely have
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