Comments on: Healthy raw milk outlawed in California

By: Deadline 2008: raw milk under threat in California

Deadline 2008: raw milk under threat in California — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:59:23 +0000

[...] Healthy raw milk outlawed in California [...]

By: Diane Vigil

Diane Vigil — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:17:45 +0000

Right. Here's a discussion going on in the Organic Consumer Association forums about outlawing California raw milk. Apparently New York raw milk producers are also having a hard time. And Indiana. Here's a discussion at HomesteadingToday.com which is pretty shocking (bolding added for emphasis):

Kind of a sad day- NYS is making more rules and stricter guide line for all of us selling raw milk. After having e-coli show up in my milk twice then the recall and second samples come back fine - I am sick of it all. I decided to let go of my raw cow milk permit ...

By: George Vigil

George Vigil — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:20:24 +0000

Exactly! It was a rather fast push though the California legislature. Part of their reason appears to be two e-coli illnesses caused by raw milk. One in California and one in Washington State. This is very sparse. Shouldn't someone compare the number of food poisonings from processed milk in California and (okay lets make Washington State our business too, just like the legislators of California) Washington State? And if there are any e-coli poisonings or other poisonings, say one per state, perhaps the legislators should outlaw pasteurized milk entirely as an unsafe food? A danger to society! A food that causes bad health, bad teeth, bad arteries and heart! Hmm!

By: Diane Vigil

Diane Vigil — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:42:35 +0000

This is an unhappy occurrence. It also looks more than a bit strange, given that it appears to have been passed based on bad science — or, at least, selectively-viewed science.

What that means is that, come January 1, we have a choice between no raw milk and pasteurized milk — milk all the nutrients cooked out, including those enzymes needed to digest the calcium. To me, that means no milk.

It would appear that our legislators need a bit of education.