In Georgia, lawmakers are introducing legislation to legalize raw milk. From the Jacksonville News:
“It will be regulated like any lawful milk product,” McKillip said. “It puts it under the Department of Agriculture. If you’re producing raw milk, you’re under the same regulations as dairy farmers producing pasteurized milk.”
With an interesting note in the comments:
I would love to see some regulation on the milk sold. However by requiring them to meet GA’s definition of “Grade A” then you make it almost impossible for the current small producers to afford to sell it. What you are left with is the “factory farms” that have [already] met the grade A status.
Meanwhile,across the continent, the fight between Idaho’s megalithic dairy industry and raw milk enthusiasts is over (a bill to legalize raw milk in that state failed by asingle vote), but the dispute unearthed a fascinating swarm of political bedfellows, including one of Idaho’s most pweful businessmen siding with small farmers.
To the north, Canada’s ongoing raw milk saga, thought to have concluded in January, just got new life. Candian farmer and raw milk propoent Michael Schmidt was acquitted of selling raw milk in January, much to the delight of raw milk drinkers in both Canada and the US. But last week, the Canadian government filed an appeal, saying that the judge in that case “misapprehended and misapplied evidence;” “erred in law with respect to legal burdens,” and “committed errors of statutory interpretation.”
