Ashlee-Rose Ferguson, a public employee of the Washington State Department of Agriculture, has built a track record of making regulatory decisions behind closed doors, then ducking accountability when the consequences emerge. For years, Ms. Ferguson has helped shape regulations through a private corporation, the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), while avoiding public transparency. She once gave presentations to AAFCO on “risk factors for raw and frozen pet foods” in the retail space, yet when I requested that she offer the same information to the public in an open forum, she refused. Even more troubling, she has never objected to AAFCO claiming copyright over regulatory definitions that are intended to become enforceable law, a move that blocks public access to the very rules citizens are expected to follow. Now, in her latest move, Ms. Ferguson has openly crossed a constitutional line. She has banned the import of out-of-state raw milk inte...