BLOG: Globe and Mail editorial gets it wrong on unpasteurized milk - (Terry Stevensons Weblog)
August 6, 2008 – 10:10 pmAn editorial in the August 4, 2008 edition of the Globe and Mail has come out in support of Ontario farmer Michael Schmidts right to sell unpasteurized milk to the general public. Back in 2006 Schmidts farm near Owen Sound, was raided by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ontario Provincial Police. He was subsequently charged for selling raw milk. The sale of unpasteurized milk is illegal in Ontario for health reasons because of the possibility it could contain bacteria such as E-coli or salmonella.
The Globe and Mail editorial contends that the raw milk ban is unjustified and unfair. They maintain that even if raw milk is more dangerous than other products, so what? The onus is on consumers to make their own informed decisions and choices on what to purchase. The editorial says that as long as the people buying the raw milk know the risks involved they […]
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