Article on government crackdown on raw milk

[Ridgerunner]

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I grew up drinking raw milk. I milked the cow myself. I like raw milk, but I am not going to keep a milk cow and millk her myself. I've purchased raw milk for "pet consumption". It made great cheese.

I understand the risks and will deal with those on my own terms. I will not try to convince people that there are no risks when the statistics are extremely clear if you bother to look at them. I prefer that people actually look at it and make their own judgments.

There are legitimate differences of opinion on what "promote the general welfare" means in the preamble. And there are basic different political opinions on how much should the government regulate business to protect the consumer. I've worked for big business and clearly understand that without regulations, the consumers are not protected. But I do not want so much regulation that we cannot be competitive on the global markets. It is called striking a balance.

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

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I grew up drinking raw milk. I milked the cow myself. I like raw milk, but I am not going to keep a milk cow and millk her myself. I've purchased raw milk for "pet consumption". It made great cheese.

I understand the risks and will deal with those on my own terms. I will not try to convince people that there are no risks when the statistics are extremely clear if you bother to look at them. I prefer that people actually look at it and make their own judgments.

There are legitimate differences of opinion on what "promote the general welfare" means in the preamble. And there are basic different political opinions on how much should the government regulate business to protect the consumer. I've worked for big business and clearly understand that without regulations, the consumers are not protected. But I do not want so much regulation that we cannot be competitive on the global markets. It is called striking a balance.

the point was to put stats vs stats. If there is a relatively high number of incidents vs low number of consumers that could mean that raw milk can be quite dangerous. But if its low compaired to the number of drinkers its not as much a threat. You are correct. ONce your dead your dead but I just wanted to point out that there are a lot of other things out there that can kill/ make you sick just as much. So why shoudl the goverment controll one product when there can be another out there that is causing even more death/sickness and its not banned?

 

[Two Creeks Farm]

Big daddy gubment always knows whats best.......you can trust in them LOL

 

[Ridgerunner]

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I grew up drinking raw milk. I milked the cow myself. I like raw milk, but I am not going to keep a milk cow and millk her myself. I've purchased raw milk for "pet consumption". It made great cheese.

I understand the risks and will deal with those on my own terms. I will not try to convince people that there are no risks when the statistics are extremely clear if you bother to look at them. I prefer that people actually look at it and make their own judgments.

There are legitimate differences of opinion on what "promote the general welfare" means in the preamble. And there are basic different political opinions on how much should the government regulate business to protect the consumer. I've worked for big business and clearly understand that without regulations, the consumers are not protected. But I do not want so much regulation that we cannot be competitive on the global markets. It is called striking a balance.

the point was to put stats vs stats. If there is a relatively high number of incidents vs low number of consumers that could mean that raw milk can be quite dangerous. But if its low compaired to the number of drinkers its not as much a threat. You are correct. ONce your dead your dead but I just wanted to point out that there are a lot of other things out there that can kill/ make you sick just as much. So why shoudl the goverment controll one product when there can be another out there that is causing even more death/sickness and its not banned?

Do you have any specifics on what is not banned that you'd like to share? It is hard to talk specifically about generalities..

I realize pasteurization is not the only reason for this improvement, but these numbers are pretty compelling. There has been advancement in safe handling of other types of food over this time period. I'll also mentionthat the US Government regulates interstate commerce. The individual states regulate whether raw milk is sold inside the state and what those limitations are. As is often the case in these discussions, big daddy gubment is your individual state government, not the federal government.


http://www.marlerclark.com/pdfs/raw-milk-jeh.pdf

The regulation of raw milk sales in the first half of the 20th century proved to be a major public health success in this country. In 1938, milkborne outbreaks constituted approximately 25 percent of all disease outbreaks from contaminated food and water. As of 2002, that figure was down to about 1 percent.

 

[Two Creeks Farm]

In all honesty, im surprised they havent figured out a way to tax and regulate breast milk......

 

[Amyable]

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Shhhh, don't give them ideas.

 

[Two Creeks Farm]

LOL no doubt!

It just amazes me that here in the states, we are regulated to death, while other countries boast longer lives and are as healthy as we are with far less regulation. This may be because we are mostly our own worst enemies LOL!

 

[Chickens_in_a_nutshell]

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My mom breastfed all four of us and we're all alive.

I don't have a dairy animal but a friend of my mother's held a baking class and offered me a glass of raw cow's milk. I drank it and guess what? I WAS FINE. I was comfortable enough knowing that she and her family drank that same milk from their own animal. Oh yeah, the milk was pretty good.