ChrisL
Diamond Member
Most states that allow raw milk to be sold require it to be labeled as such.How about the government just require raw milk to be LABELLED as raw milk, and let the customer decide?
That's what they did in the UK.
Different types had different coloured caps.
The red top became very unpopular and hardly sold.
The federal law outlawing raw milk only applies to interstate sales. In state sales are controlled by state laws. Large dairy farms that ship across state lines would pasteurize with or without the federal law because they need to be able to store milk for longer periods of time plus many states require that milk be pasteurized.
The push to allow raw milk sales comes from small dairy farms who want to avoid the expense of pasteurizing and want to expand their market across state lines.
Again, I have to bring up cigarettes. Doesn't that cross your mind at all? Why is selling cigarettes legal, but selling raw MILK is illegal?