Dear Friends,

{This is a pretty important column.
Contained within this letter is the means
for me to completely destroy America's
dairy industry. The law is the law, and
they are all in violation. Read on...}

Fill a one-quart container with pus. Mix in sugar.
Freeze overnight, then seve with a cherry on top.
There is no tastier dessert treat.

Age pus for six months. Mix in the scrapings
of a calf's stomach (rennet) and some
blue mold, and serve with a crusty French bread.
Now, that's good eating!

Put pus in a container and leave at room temperature
for a few days. Add bacteria (adidophilus). Are you
salivating yet?

Ice cream, blue cheese, yogurt. Like Rachamninoff's
skillful adaptation of a Paganini Opus, the above
culinary treats are all different variations upon a
theme of pus.

The April 25, 2002 issue of Hoard's Dairyman, the dairy
farmer's magazine (volume 147, number 8), contains two
very revealing pus articles.

On page 342, we learn that pus cell counts continue
to rise in America. They have been doing so since
the advent of genetically engineered milk. Stressed cows
become sick and their milk contains more pus. It's as
simple as that.

In Europe and Canada, health authorities do not allow
more than 400 million pus cells in a liter (about a quart)
of milk. Keep that in mind when I reveal to you what I
learned from this issue of the premiere dairy magazine.

Last year, the average liter of milk produced in 16
states exceeded 400 million pus cells per liter. That's
just the average!

Those states are: Alabama (444 million), Arkansas (486
million), Florida (548 million), Georgia (407 million),
Kansas (476 million), Kentucky (413 million), Louisiana
(479 million), Minnesota (420 million), Mississippi (442
million), Missouri (437 million), Nebraska (443 million),
Oklahoma (483 million), South Carolina (404 million),
South Dakota (459 million), Tennessee (413 million),
and West Virginia (422 million).

Fifteen percent of the time, 45 states exceed that magic
400 million purity standard. I chose fifteen percent
as a cutoff, because 15 percent represents one day out
of seven. Yep. Once each week, on average, the milk
consumed by school kids across our great country would
be rejected by nations who care more about the health
of their children than industry cash flow.

I spoke with Dr. Duane Norman who compiled these data for
the United States Department of Agriculture (301-504-8092).

Dr. Norman is a fine fellow, and we had a nice talk.
He recognizes that if America adopted the same standards as
the European community we would put a lot of dairy farmers
out of business. His suggestion was that we dump our
existing unhealthy standard which allows 750 million
pus cells per liter, and lower it to a safer 500 million.
How does that sound to you? One-half billion pus cells
in a quart of milk? That sounds delicious!

There was a second article in Hoard's (page 341),
written by Minnesota veterinarian, Dave Linn, D.V.M.

The title of Dr. Linn's column is:

What is Saleable Milk?

According to Dr. Linn:

"Normal heathy milk rarely, if ever, will have
a (pus) cell count of over 100,000 cells per
milliliter of milk." (100 million pus cells per
liter)

Dr. Linn calls milk with high pus cell counts
"abnormal."

Linn writes:

"Research has shown that, with a herd cell count
of 200,000, there may be as many as 15 percent
of the cows infected. In herds with a 300,000
count, this figure may be as high as 25 percent."

During the year 2001, the average liter of milk sold
in America contained 322 million pus cells.

What would happen to the average dairy herd in America
if Linn's standard was applied?

Linn answers the question:

"Huge numbers of dairies would be out of business."

Linn discusses a set of laws called the
Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO). These laws are
federal statutes.

According to the PMO (and Linn):

"All milk from cows producing abnormal
milk should be dumped."

How does one define "abnormal" milk?

Linn cites standards set by the National
Mastitis Council. He concludes:

"Therefore, any milk with a cell count
over 200,000 cells per milliter
(200 million pus cells per liter) is
considered abnormal."

Is the entire American dairy industry in violation
of federal statutes? Would strict adherence to
the law put every dairy farmer in America out of
business?

Linn writes:

"I am not advocating a sudden enforcement of
this clause in the PMO. I am not even in
favor of the clause at all. I do think it is
essential that all dairymen be aware of the
law and the possible implications of enforcing it."

I cannot believe this dairy industry doctor gave
away such an enormous secret. Whether he agrees with
the law or not, (and he made it clear that he
does not agree with the clause), it's still the
law.

If everybody speeds, get those cops on the highways
and give 'em all radar guns. Write tickets, and soon
everybody will obey the law. If everybody wears
a six-shooter, and gunfights at the O.K. Corral
become commonplace, send in the National Guard and
and put the bad guys in jail.

If milk is unsafe because it is "abormal," and places
the health and safety of our children in jeopardy,
what can be done?

Perhaps it is time to call your local Department of
Health, and get them to issue summonses.

The dairy industry is clearly in violation of
the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance. They may have a lot
of friends, but the law is the law.

I've been battling Goliath for eight years.
The PMO gives me a new and powerful sling shot.
Wish me luck.

Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com