This is bad news.....


http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/2007/07/07/pasteurized_almonds_labeled_as_raw



Apparently, the FDA is mandating that starting September, all almonds must be pasteurized - and the worst part is, they're allowing growers to label them as raw!
All because a couple people got sick in the last 7 years (although doctors are known as the cause of many, many more deaths every year).
Worse still, is the pasteurization process can also include irradiation AND using propylene oxide (a chemical, obviously), while STILL being labelled as "pasteurized".

Most other types of nuts are pasteurized already......but for those of us who want to maintain a raw diet, almonds are one of the last nuts that you can purchase raw.
Please read this article, and more importantly, please write a letter and send it to the USDA (you can download a template, but handwritten letters are apparently much more effective).