The state Agriculture Department has suspended the food-processing license of Bolzano Artisan Meats, a small producer of specialty salami in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood.
The department acted because Bolzano, which is popular with local food devotees, changed the way it processes its meat but didn't provide enough verification to show that the new process was still safe, agency spokesman Jim Dick said.
But Bolzano says the department is being unfair, and that the state action "is leading to the destruction of about $50,000 worth of salami that the USDA, the highest food safety authority in the nation, declared to be safe and wholesome."
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