posted 02/27/10
Raw Milk Farmer Takes Stand Against FDA
To no one's surprise, raw milk dairyman Mark McAfee, owner of Organic Pastures Dairy Company near Fresno, Calif., has come out swinging against the federal Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) legal attempt to put him and his dairy under tighter scrutiny.
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/02/raw-milk-farmer-takes-stand-against-fda/
Nilsestuen Appoints Panel to Consider Raw Milk Issue
MADISON -- Sec. Rod Nilsestuen announced today that he is convening a raw milk working group to consider legal and regulatory perspectives pertaining to the sale of unpasteurized milk directly to consumers, and consider what conditions would be required to protect public health.
http://datcp.state.wi.us/press_release/result.jsp?prid=2412
The Raw Milk Program
The power of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been focused on a national effort to ban the consumption of raw milk. This tireless effort has not been entirely successful. Today raw milk can be purchased at either the farm or retail in 28 states. Wisconsin has a bill currently winding its way through the legislature to legalize farm sales of raw milk.
http://businessmatters.net/2010/01/the-raw-milk-program/
Campylobacter Contamination Found in Raw Milk
ALBANY, N.Y. (Jan. 29, 2010 ) -- The New York State Department of Health and the State Department of Agriculture and Markets today warned consumers in Saratoga County and surrounding areas NOT to consume "unpasteurized" raw milk produced at Willow Marsh Farm located at 343 Hop City Road in Ballston Spa due to possible Campylobacter contamination.
http://www.health.state.ny.us/press/releases/2010/2010-01-29_campylobactor_contamination_in_raw_milk.htm
Health Canada says raw milk more dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol
“What’s more dangerous for your health: smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol or drinking unpasteurized milk?
According to Health Canada, it’s drinking milk.
Canada is the only G8 country where the sale of raw milk is illegal. The country outlawed its sale in 1991. However, drinking raw milk is legal.
The debate over the legality of raw milk has recently surfaced because of two high-profile Canadian court battles.
http://thebovine.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/health-canada-says-raw-milk-more-dangerous-than-cigarettes-and-alcohol-ctv-b-c/
Ont. dairy farmers urge appeal over raw milk
Citing "increased public health risks," the Dairy Farmers of Ontario is publicly urging the province to appeal a local justice's decision allowing distribution of raw, unpastuerized milk through "cow shares."
http://www.manitobacooperator.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?aid=1000355804&PC=FBC&issue=01252010
Raw milk lovers say pasteurization not needed
In the late 1800s, primitive sanitation, refrigeration and rampant tuberculosis contributed to the deaths of thousands – if not millions – of milk drinkers. Louis Pasteur’s revolutionary technique of treating milk with heat to kill bacteria, known as pasteurization, almost eliminated those fatalities.
But raw milk producers say pasteurization is no longer necessary in an age where raw dairy can be produced safely...
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100120/bc_raw_milk_history_100126/20100126?hub=BritishColumbia
Blah-blah over raw milk
The whole acrimonious debate over raw milk and so-called "food freedom" amazes me.
Ontario dairy farmer Michael Schmidt's not guilty verdict on 19 charges of selling raw milk is also being called a victory for consumer freedom, but really it's a defeat for public health.
I'll put my biases right up front. I'm a dairy farmer's daughter and I wouldn't drink raw milk if you paid me. ...
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2282469
The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging Battle Over Food Rights
Beginning in 2006, the agriculture departments of several large states-with backing from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-launched a major crackdown on small dairies producing raw milk. Replete with undercover agents, sting operations, surprise raids, questionable test-lab results, mysterious illnesses, propaganda blitzes, and grand jury investigations, the crackdown was designed to disrupt the supply of unpasteurized milk to growing legions of consumers demanding healthier and more flavorful food.The Raw Milk Revolution takes readers behind the scenes...
http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781603582193?&PID=25450
DRINK RAW MILK
So what is it about raw milk? You may have heard that people are drinking unpasteurized milk and it freaks you out given the e coli deaths related to spinach last year. What most people don’t understand is that organic products are not the problem, it’s the horrible concentration camps that animals are kept in...
http://www.nancydeville.com/blog/2010/01/drink-raw-milk/
Court approves raw milk co-op
The cows will still give their milk and their owners will still savour frothy mouthfuls straight from the farm. But now, the infamous cow-share program of Durham, ON, is legal in the eyes of the law. In a surprise move, a Newmarket court ruled Thursday that dairy farmer Michael Schmidt is allowed to continue his raw milk co-operative...
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/753896--court-approves-raw-milk-co-op
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