Feds Sting Amish Farmer

Feds Sting Amish Farmer

The FDA conducted an elaborate sting operation of Amish farmer Dan Allgyer recently. The government invested considerable sums of money in this sting operation. It is the postion of the FDA that no one should consume raw milk. Allgyer was charged with "smuggling" milk across the Pennsylvania border. There were no indications anyone was unhappy with the milk or had been made ill by it.

The battle over raw milk has gone on for decades. In court cases decades ago physicians testified that they could use raw milk therapeutically, but this was not the case with pasturized milk. Dr. Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., M.D., demonstrated that when cats were fed pasteurized milk they animals experienced deterioration of health including osteoporosis, allergies, and asthma. This did not happen to animals fed raw milk.

Many farmers and consumers feel that the FDA is influenced by large pasturized milk producers that want to destroy their competition. Consumers can become ill from either pasturized milk or raw milk if they are not handled properly. The government position is that pasteurized milk is just as nutritious as raw milk. This position does not make scientific sense because we know that there are a number of nutrients which are readily destroyed by heat.

In the meantime, we have a patchwork quilt of laws. Retail sales of raw milk is legal in California. All raw milk is illegal in Nevada. In Oregon raw milk can be purchased from the farm. Sales of raw milk are legal in 10 states and illegal in 11 states.

The FDA expends its energy and resources attacking and seeking to remove from sale healthy foods and supplements. Meanwhile the agency allows sale of genetically modified foods which have been documented to be harmful to laboratory and farm animals, and probably to people as well.

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