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Cream recall in California--is it necessary?Posted Sep 12th 2007 12:12PM by Marisa McClellanFiled under: West Coast, Dairy, Newspapers, On the Blogs, America, Health & MedicalMy mom used to buy raw milk when I was a kid, until her step-father (who was a scientist) bombarded her with information about how she was putting our health at risk by allowing us to drink it. While she never totally bought his argument, the mere chance that she could possibly be endangering us was enough to convince her to end our raw milk days. Last Friday the California Department of Food and Agriculture issued a recall of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. cream despite the fact that there are no reported incidents of illness linked to that product at this time. This is not the first time that state health officials have recalled Organic Pastures products. A year ago to the month they issued a similar recall. Raw milk producers and consumers are crying foul, protesting that the state is simply trying to shut down the raw milk industry. Health officials state that they issued the recall in the best interests of the consumers. Admittedly, the tests showed signs of listeria, but representatives from the dairy said that it was only present after nine days of testing. Another battle in the raw milk war, it will be interesting to see how this one works out. (For a more complete discussion of this issue, check out this post on The Complete Patient). Via the Ethicurean
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