Year Long Undercover Fed investigation of Amish Farms selling Milk?

[Melensdad]

Uh, raw milk is apparently a criminal enterprise? This is a real crime worthy of a year long investigation? Agents in deep cover.

Seriously WTF? All over the world you can buy raw milk, raw cheeses, and other non-pasteurized dairy products but not here in the US. All I can think is that the American Dairy Association got a bunch of institutional farmers together to pay a lobbyist to pass a law to prevent small farms from getting into specialty dairy markets like gourmet cheese! But the FDA claims its all about germs . . .

FULL STORY => Feds sting Amish farmer selling raw milk locally - Washington Times

A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area.

The product in question: unpasteurized milk.

It’s a battle that’s been going on behind the scenes for years, with natural foods advocates arguing that raw milk, as it’s also known, is healthier than the pasteurized product, while the Food and Drug Administration says raw milk can carry harmful bacteria. . .

 

[XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq]

Government clearly is better than evolution. I'm not sure how we made it this far without pasteurization.

Personally, I'm all for pasteurization but if someone doesn't want it they should be "free" (as in "freedom") to do as they please.

Just a matter of time before Monsanto and all the big seed guys start shutting down heirloom seeds . . . for "safety" reasons.

We need to get rid of this crap from our government.

 

[jimbo]

We need to get rid of this crap from our government.

Shouldn't this read?

We need to get rid of our government. No need for modifiers

 

[loboloco]

Despite the government claims, it is known that pasteurization destroys enzymes and helpful bacteria. The key to safe consumption of unpasteurized products is proper storage and handling. Even pasteurized milk is dangerous if stored or handled improperly.
Just another example of the government making idiots out of themselves because they have nothing better to do.

 

[XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq]

Just another example of the government making idiots out of themselves because they are corrupt and take bribes from lobbyists and special interest groups.

Fixed it for you.

 

[EastTexFrank]

As a kid my uncle had a croft (a small farm) with about half a dozen milk cows. His neighbor had roughly the same. The neighbor caught bruccelosis (sp) from drinking raw milk. As I remember, it was pretty painful and I'm not sure if he ever got rid of it. Maybe "natural foods" aren't all that they are cracked up to be.

 

[Trakternut]

Case in point: Sour cream. When we farmed, we had a few milk cows. The milking area in our barn wouldn't have passed an inspection to market our milk. We separated the cream, cooled and kept the milk refrigerated. Kept cream in the fridge for use in cooking and over Dad's Wheaties. Mom always kept some cream in the celler souring. That's the absolute best sour cream you can find. The pasteurized stuff they sell in supermarkets ain't worth shit!
BTW, I just turned 50 years old. I am 6ft tall and weigh 290lbs. It sure killed me, didn't it?

BTW, home-soured cream in homemade vegetable soup with a slab of homemade bread topped with homemade butter!

Gore May Cooks be damned! THAT, my friends is a meal!

 

[thcri]

I worked on a farm and milked about 80 cows morning and night. Out milk only came from the bulk tank. You learned fast to not to forget to shake it before using or all you got was cream.

FFS Monte I am older than you. I did not know that.

 

[JEV]

Case in point: Sour cream. When we farmed, we had a few milk cows. The milking area in our barn wouldn't have passed an inspection to market our milk. We separated the cream, cooled and kept the milk refrigerated. Kept cream in the fridge for use in cooking and over Dad's Wheaties. Mom always kept some cream in the celler souring. That's the absolute best sour cream you can find. The pasteurized stuff they sell in supermarkets ain't worth shit!
BTW, I just turned 50 years old. I am 6ft tall and weigh 290lbs. It sure killed me, didn't it?

BTW, home-soured cream in homemade vegetable soup with a slab of homemade bread topped with homemade butter!

Gore May Cooks be damned! THAT, my friends is a meal!

Here's my contribution to the meal...

 

[Trakternut]

I worked on a farm and milked about 80 cows morning and night. Out milk only came from the bulk tank. You learned fast to not to forget to shake it before using or all you got was cream.

FFS Monte I am older than you. I did not know that.

See! And you survived it pretty well too, didn't you?

JEV, that's what I'm talking about!

 

[EastTexFrank]

See! And you survived it pretty well too, didn't you?

JEV, that's what I'm talking about!

Guys, I'm not arguing with you. As a kid growing up many of my relatives lived on crofts and smallholdings. We were one of the few "townies" in the tribe. I have many great memories of spending my summers down on the farm ... and many terrible ones too. All I'm saying is that there are risks associated with the consumption of raw milk and dairy produce that pasteurization can help alleviate. If you're willing to take the risk, have at it. I'm the last one to try to tell you all to do something that you don't want to do.