Milk War Receives Food Oscar
By: Amy Jeanroy
Published: May 6, 2011

Milk War - Trailer on YouTube
The documentary "Milk War", telling the story of one Canadian man's fight to sell unpasteurized milk , has won a James Beard Foundation Award,  the Canadian equivalent of an Oscar. Unpasteurized milk has been illegal since 1991 in Canada, as it is in 13 states in the US.
If you have not had the chance to see Milk War,check out the YouTube trailer. In America, raw milk has it's own troubles. The most recent, a sting operation on an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, for selling raw milk to willing  customers. With such ridiculous measures as forcing milk suppliers to dye their milk blue, or causing customers to make up stories about how the milk is for their pet's diet, the FDA continues to cause unease and anger for those people who want to purchase and consume raw milk.
For farmers who want to become registered a registered dairy, stories have surfaced about inspectors denying them over the most insignificant details, or saying that they failed their milk test, but refusing to show the numbers. Because there are no clear cut rules, the legality of selling raw milk differs across state lines.
It seems that your chance of selling the milk depends on who you talk to, yet you can't talk to anyone without falling under suspicion of selling illegally. It is interesting that a child can drink a bottle of Mountain Dew with their Cheetoes, purchased from their school vending machine and THAT is legal.

Comments:
Patrick
May 14, 2011

Another example of laws whose purpose is to protect business interests instead of for any health reasons whatsoever. The documentary looks interesting, thanks for the post!