CALIFORNIA: Not so fast, as key CA ag legislator vows to “protect” us; wanted: 10,000 class action plaintiffs – (The Complete Patient)

Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures may have thought his Monday Sacramento meeting designed to overturn AB 1735 went well, but two days later, the most important legislative target in his campaign remains unconvinced.
In an email to individuals who wrote her protesting the legislation, the chairperson of the California Assembly Agriculture Committee, Nicole Parra (pictured at right) today defends the 10-coliform-per-milliliter maximum for raw milk, describing it in terms that only bureaucrats could love—a fulfillment of the legislature’s duty to “protect” the public health. Here’s the heart of her note:
“Unfortunately, recent information falsely asserts that AB 1735 will ban raw milk sales in the State of California. You will be pleased to learn that, contrary to misconceptions, AB 1735 does not ban the sale of raw milk in California.
“AB 1735 requires a coliform count of less than 10 per milliliter for raw fluid milk intended for direct human consumption. This standard [...]

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