In the U.S., laws exist to regulate the sale of unpasteurized milk. I personally am a proponent of having laws similar to New York, which is a regulated dairy, and having a health official inspect the spore count each month, and the equipment. In Kansas where I live the law states that if the farm operates as a dairy, the milk must pass an inspection. Hence its a safe to drink.
Missouri has remarkably similar legislation. Only a licensed dairy in Missouri can transport and deliver milk to customers. Licensing again requires safe counts. Interestingly enough, Interstate sale of raw milk is completely illegal, meaning one cannot purchase the milk or knowingly sell milk to a consumer who is out of state and let them transport it across state lines. This is a bit troubling, considering one can transport alcohol, cigarettes, medication, televisions, and other things, however milk is treated like a drug. Whether or not you drink it raw or pasteurized, Farmers who produce it, and consumers should be allowed to access it. So this when I came across it REALLY aggravated me.
http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archi...ves-sour-taste
It kind of made me go what?
I researched the farm and they were essentially ordered to stop selling milk all together. I'm not sure why. And All things considered, they should not have been. Its milk and after researching the Bechard's original dairy operation, it was licensed milk.
Missouri has remarkably similar legislation. Only a licensed dairy in Missouri can transport and deliver milk to customers. Licensing again requires safe counts. Interestingly enough, Interstate sale of raw milk is completely illegal, meaning one cannot purchase the milk or knowingly sell milk to a consumer who is out of state and let them transport it across state lines. This is a bit troubling, considering one can transport alcohol, cigarettes, medication, televisions, and other things, however milk is treated like a drug. Whether or not you drink it raw or pasteurized, Farmers who produce it, and consumers should be allowed to access it. So this when I came across it REALLY aggravated me.
http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archi...ves-sour-taste
It kind of made me go what?
I researched the farm and they were essentially ordered to stop selling milk all together. I'm not sure why. And All things considered, they should not have been. Its milk and after researching the Bechard's original dairy operation, it was licensed milk.
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