State Rep. Dan Flynn Calls Out Dept. of State Health Services

State Agencies cannot legislate what they dont like in the law. Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas  Representative Dan Flynn (R-Van) Chairman of the Texas Houses Pensions Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Ken Paxtons Office last week expressing deep concerns about the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) conduct in the agencys attempt to overstep its bounds. Recently in both Austin and Houston local health departments seemingly acting pursuant to direction from DSHS officials intervened in the delivery of raw milk to customers who had already legally purchased the product.   Both times the health departments brought along the police even though the customers were buying a legal food product.

Not one illness has been reported no pathogens have been found in this farmers milk and there is absolutely no health basis for this action Flynn said. This is harassment of the farmer the couriers and the customers. Use of state funds for travel or the expenditure of salaried hours for purposes of harassing citizens conducting legal activities is I believe either misuse of office and/or improper expenditure of state funds. State Agencies cannot legislate what they dont like in the law said Flynn.

Raw milk is only allowed to be sold on the farm and the customers had hired an independent agent to act as their courier and deliver their food for health safety and reasons of convenience.