Nanny State PING!
It was foolish to ban the stuff in the first place.
it is about time to kill a cow
Some people have forgotten the diseases that were spread by unpasteurized milk.
My cousins and I spent our summers on my grandfathers dairy farm. We all drank raw milk, drank water from the farm well and didn’t hesitate taking a drink out of the local spring fed streams. And we all somehow survived.
I am 67 years old and have never had a debilitating disease other than old age.
I attribute my relative old age, without significant illness to my exposures to all the nasties that come with raw milk, unfiltered well water and refreshing sips of cold, cold natural spring water.
It’s about freaking time!
Who gets to say what kind of milk you get to drink?
This is still America..isn’t it?
I will confess that raw milk is delicious, a delicacy, and after you taste it, pasteurized and homogenized milk tastes like chalky water.
But this sets up an interesting contest. In such bureaucracies, there are a goodly number of bacteriophobes, convinced beyond any doubt that all bacteria are evil and should never be allowed in anything at all. That food should be “dead” and sterile.
In Europe, such bureaucrats are so out of control that they demanded that German beer be pasteurized, as well as cheese like Brie, Camembert, and the various blue cheeses. Which of course are abhorrent suggestions. But they don’t care.
On the other side of the argument are people who are willing to take the risk of getting milk borne diseases.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that of 239 hospitalizations caused by tainted dairy products from 1993 through 2006, 202 involved raw milk or raw-milk cheese.”
So there is a risk. The CDC notes that children are most susceptible to such harm, with 82% of the cases, many requiring hospitalization, so if you do consume raw milk, it is best to think of it as an adult beverage.
It would be nice to be able to drink some milk that doesn’t have a bunch of sugar added to it.
You’d think that the liberals would be all for this. If it passes, with obama veto it and stick to his base?
Raw milk, labeled as such should be legal. Drink at your own risk
People forget that, before the Police State, milk was a deadly poison. /s
I am fortunate to live in a State where it is legal to buy/sell raw milk. I buy raw milk and make kefir out of it because in the days of Obamacare I feel that I must be able to boost my immune system in order to avoid Obamacare’s doctors.
Kefir from raw milk is legendary for its’ benefits to one’s health and longevity.