Marlee Franklin, a 53-year-old Chamblee woman wants to buy her milk raw unpasteurized, unhomogenized, direct from udder to jug and she can’t fathom why anyone would stop her, stating, “I spent my youth sneaking around smoking pot, and now I have to sneak around buying milk! As an American consumer, I want to be able to choose.”
But she can’t, legally, at least not in Georgia, one of 22 states that restrict the sale of raw milk.
The reason is obvious, say health officials: Unpasteurized milk can harbor bugs really nasty ones like salmonella and E. Coli 0157:H7 that can make people very sick. This summer, a northwest Georgia child was hospitalized for an infection traced to raw milk.
Such news doesn’t stop Franklin. Like others in the small but avid community of raw-milk enthusiasts, she’s figured out ways to skirt laws designed to keep the beverage off their [...]
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