I read in a "Nourishing Traditions" sidebar that vegans should demand
access to raw milk as a "religious right". Can anyone explain this
statement? Why would it be a religious right?
Thanks,
Lynn Thompson
--- In AL_WAPF@yahoogroups.com, John Langlois <john.langlois@...>
wrote:
>
> FDA Action Stops Legal Sale
>
> of Raw Colostrum in Nevada
>
> For continued access, join the Dr. Kelly Raw Milk Buyers Club
>
> Dr. Kelly Truckee Tahoe number: 530-582-5639
> kellyreuss@... <mailto:kellyreuss%40yahoo.com>
>
> Tragically, the week of December 7-12th 2008 will be the last week
that
> OPDC will be able to deliver raw products to Reno Nevada.
> The FDA has brought legal enforcement action to stop OPDC
deliveries of
> raw colostrum to Reno Nevada.
>
> In late 2007, with out notifying OPDC, the FDA changed the
regulations
> pertaining to raw Colostrum and now mandates that colostrum must be
> pasteurized if transported across state lines. OPDC had no idea
that
> these laws had changed until discovered last week.
>
> This came as a quite a shock to Organic Pastures Dairy and our
family of
> closely connected consumers. OPDC had worked for three years to
gain
> permission from the Nevada State dairy commission for the retail
sale of
> raw colostrum. After much debate, the Nevada State Dairy Commission
> graciously gave its permission after hearing the facts about DSHEA
and
> raw colostrum. This has all come to an end. Nevada is not at fault,
this
> is an FDA action.
>
> We at OPDC are sickened by this stealth FDA rule change. This FDA
change
> does not serve to increase food safety but instead forces raw
products
> underground where it is not tested or inspected. There have been
zero
> reported illnesses associated with raw colostrum…ever!!!
>
> If you want raw milk or raw colostrum to once again to be found on
> Nevada retail shelves you will need to fight the powers in our
> government which do not seek to increase immune strength but do all
that
> they can to weaken it by mandating the processing of your foods and
> consumption of drugs.
>
> Please join the Dr. Kelly buyers club.
> She takes delivery of fresh OPDC products in Tahoe where it is
legal to
> purchase and consume.
> She will do all she can to assure that all of you will continue to
have
> access to whole unprocessed foods.
>
> Dr. Kelly is not an employee of OPDC and she does not represent
OPDC.
> She runs a buyers club in Tahoe and can serve you on an individual
by
> individual basis at excellent prices.
>
> We are so very sorry and heart broken for your loss of this
fantastic
> living food,
>
> Most kind regards,
>
> Mark McAfee
>
> Founder OPDC
>
> 1-877 RAW MILK
>
> FYI.
>
> John Langlois,
> moderator
>