Islander
04-20-08, 08:57 AM
From a daily e-letter (realhealth@healthiernews.com):
Good news from the raw milk front! A California superior court has blocked a California Department of Food and Agriculture act that placed unreasonable restrictions on the sale of raw milk throughout the state.
Not too long ago, I told you about the death sentence that the AB 1735 act would have been for raw milk producers and advocates throughout California. This controversial and insanely restrictive law would have required that all raw milk sold in the state contain less than 10 coliforms per ml – a practically unattainable standard that was tantamount to the banning of raw milk throughout California.
Thankfully, cooler heads have prevailed for the moment, and a Hollister Superior Court judge granted the Claravale Dairy a temporary restraining order that bars the CDFA from using the coliform counts to measure production in raw milk. According to the judge's ruling, he could find no evidence that ANY level of coliforms placed consumers at risk.
As the kids say, "Well, DUH." The judge couldn't find the evidence because coliforms are not only a harmless bacteria, but a BENEFICIAL bacteria. In addition, the judge also issued the restraining order because the crazy new standards of AB 1725 placed the raw milk business at "substantial and immediate" risk.
To be sure, this is a HUGE win for raw milk fans and producers. But it's just one battle in what's shaping up as a long legal struggle.
I'll continue to keep you posted.
Giving you the latest on superbugs and super court rulings,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
Good news from the raw milk front! A California superior court has blocked a California Department of Food and Agriculture act that placed unreasonable restrictions on the sale of raw milk throughout the state.
Not too long ago, I told you about the death sentence that the AB 1735 act would have been for raw milk producers and advocates throughout California. This controversial and insanely restrictive law would have required that all raw milk sold in the state contain less than 10 coliforms per ml – a practically unattainable standard that was tantamount to the banning of raw milk throughout California.
Thankfully, cooler heads have prevailed for the moment, and a Hollister Superior Court judge granted the Claravale Dairy a temporary restraining order that bars the CDFA from using the coliform counts to measure production in raw milk. According to the judge's ruling, he could find no evidence that ANY level of coliforms placed consumers at risk.
As the kids say, "Well, DUH." The judge couldn't find the evidence because coliforms are not only a harmless bacteria, but a BENEFICIAL bacteria. In addition, the judge also issued the restraining order because the crazy new standards of AB 1725 placed the raw milk business at "substantial and immediate" risk.
To be sure, this is a HUGE win for raw milk fans and producers. But it's just one battle in what's shaping up as a long legal struggle.
I'll continue to keep you posted.
Giving you the latest on superbugs and super court rulings,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.