raw milk to be outlawed? Protect scheduled.

Date:   10/25/2007 11:45:39 PM ( 17 y ago)

!!!!!!!!!! state of california has made a sneak attack vs. raw milk --- no more raw milk in calif. after jan 1 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!

we have to protest loud & clear ! we want raw milk ! come fight for your right to eat whole, unprocessed foods and raw milk.

read on to understand what happened....

but please plan to come to the fresno farmers market , saturday, october 27th, 11:00 am (day after tomorrow) for organic pastures' press conference and formal announcement of the sneak attack by the state!!! more details below in green. we have to protest and let our views be known.

the press will be there and will want to hear your testimonials.
remember, we do not loose are rights all in one day; we lose them little by little every day.

explanation of what happened:
eight words are threatening to change your life:
“or more than ten coliform bacteria per milliliter”

those are the eight words added to dairy legislation in california on october 8, 2007.

assembly bill #1735 (ab 1735) was signed by the governor and becomes law on january 1st 2008. contained in this law are new standards for raw milk. these new standards require 10 coliform bacteria per ml or less. this standard does not increase the safety of raw milk and it will make the production of organic raw milk in california nearly impossible. under the old tried and true standards that have been in existence for forty years or more, coliforms could be 50 or 500. it did not matter.

coliforms are not pathogenic. they do not cause disease. they actually act very effectively to protect raw milk against pathogens like e. coli 0157:h7. coliforms produce vitamin k, vitamin b-1, vitamin b-2, vitamin b-6 and vitamin b-12 and without coliforms, and the beneficial colicins they produce we would die.

these eight words in california law will in effect remove and deny your access to raw milk, because it is not possible to reliably produce raw milk with coliform levels at less than 10 per ml. most milk samples simply have coliform counts higher than 10 per ml. that is just the nature of milk, a fact that is in usda (us dept of agriculture) published peer reviewed journals show the value of good coliforms in food safety and surely this should be known by the cdfa (ca dept of food & agriculture) in california.
read these studies on the organic pastures website.

the language contained in ab 1735 was placed there by cdfa to get rid of raw milk in california. last year you might remember that cdfa ordered a recall of all opdc raw milk products. several months ago after threatened legal pressure cdfa settled with opdc for a cash amount, mutual legal release, and the promise that opdc would not sue cdfa or its personnel for the biased and unfounded recall. fda (us food & drug admin), dhs (ca dept of health services), and cdfa concluded after several weeks of intensive testing of cows fresh manure and opdc dairy products that there was no connection between any sickened children and opdc raw dairy products.

ab 1735 is nothing more than a cdfa sneak attack trying its very hardest to once and for all get rid of raw milk and organic pastures dairy !!

but don’t take my word for it. go to the california assembly website and check out the legislative notes. this attack was directed right at you and me and we were not even consulted. read more here about how to investigate your legislator’s intentions.
investigate their intent.

it is time for you to call your representative in the assembly and senate, the governor, and the secretary of agriculture to make sure your voice is heard.

it is also time to write to your local paper and post on your blog how you feel about these eight new words in california law. when it appears in print, send opdc the link and they will link to it here.
find out how.

the agriculture committee staff claims that there was no argument or discussion about this issue and that there was unanimous consent during the vote when ab 1735 passed. there were supposedly public hearings held in jan 2007, but neither claravale (the only other raw milk dairy in ca) nor organic pastures dairy was advised and no raw milk consumers were told either. these are the only two dairies in the state to be effected by the change of code and law.
if you want raw milk on the shelf or at the farmers market in california; it is time to fight for this right.

again, organic pastures asks that you please come to the fresno farmers market on saturday october 27th at 11:00 am (day after tomorrow) for a press conference and formal announcement of the sneak attack.

the fresno farmer’s market is on the corner of shaw and blackstone, in fresno. they are planning a gathering after the press conference. bring your family and a picnic. they will supply the milk, cheese, and butter. check organicpastures.com for more details to come. socal friends: bring your cooler, they’ll fill it with milk. bring your tents and camp at the dairy.

the press will be present and will want to hear your testimonials.
we do not loose are rights all in one day. we lose them little by little every day.

stand up and let’s show them what we brave raw milk consumers are made of in california.
learn how you can help.

my husband, gordon, and i are going, camping at the dairy...sounds like fun and a wonderfully noble cause to me...thanks so much everyone for caring, marsha

 

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