One of the polls a long time ago asked “You’re at a friend’s house and they offer you a glass of raw milk – what do you do?”<\/p>\n
Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized to kill bacteria.\u00a0\u00a0 Milk is pasteurized by heating it, but not to the boiling point.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The newer process is a continuous flow process at a higher temperatture but for only 16 seconds.\u00a0\u00a0 You may notice some brands of milk will have expiration dates a month or more out.<\/p>\n
The Federal government has had a long standing war against people who want to sell milk that isn’t pasteurized.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Responsible producers of raw milk give careful attention to the cleanliness of their equipment and look for signs of infection in the cow udders, the main vector for bacteria getting into milk.\u00a0\u00a0 They culture samples and discard milk that shows contamination<\/p>\n
I’ve never had raw milk, but this is one of those religious issues – usually among the far left.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As a Libertarian, my attitude is primarily one of disclosure.\u00a0\u00a0 If a person knows what raw milk is, knows the risks, and chooses to consume it, that’s up to them.\u00a0\u00a0 If it makes them sick, paying the medical bills should be up to them.<\/p>\n
The FDA apparently has made this a priority item, and raided an Amish farm in Pennslyvania that made the mistake of selling its raw milk to customers in Maryland, crossing state boundaries and giving the Feds “Interstate Commerce” jurisdiction<\/p>\n
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