Letter to Editor: Keep the Right to Consume Raw Milk!
By: Tanja Pauls
Hi all
Sorry if you’ve already got this from somebody else, but we think it’s so important we wanted everybody to have a chance to see it. Please pass it on to anyone else who may be interested.
MAF have released a discussion document about a proposed new bill to legislate our right to access raw milk. They state that they have no intention to stop raw milk being available, but they do want to close up any loopholes that allow us to access it anywhere other than the farm gate. For most people, that will severely limit their ability to source natural milk.
We have just posted our new website about natural milk, and how to make a submission on this document. www.milk.org. nz
If you haven’t already made a submission to MAF please get one in before Dec 5 in order to protect our rights to obtain this health food.
“If the consumers do not speak up and tell MAF what they want, they will assume that consumers do not want to be able to buy raw milk and essentially it will be unavailable to most” – Ben Warren www.bepure.co. nz
On the site we discuss the health benefits of milk in its natural state. By this we mean natural, unprocessed, organic, full-fat milk. We do not recommend the consumption of milk that is pasteurised, homogenised, low fat, ultra heat treated, skimmed, dried, or non organic.
Often referred to as “raw milk”, sometimes as “real milk” this is milk as it has been consumed for many thousands of years, and still is in most parts of the world. New Zealand (along with Australia and Canada) is one of a very small number of countries that restrict the sale of natural milk products.
At this point – November 2011 – in NZ, the important issue is to make submissions to MAF in order to protect our supplies of raw milk. Submissions need to be made before the 5th December. See http://www.foodsafe ty.govt.nz/ elibrary/ industry/ farm-gate- raw-milk- sales/index. htm
The document we are making submissions on is available for download here: http://www.foodsafe ty.govt.nz/ elibrary/ industry/ farm-gate- raw-milk- sales/2011- 11-raw-milk- farm-gate- sales.pdf
For information on what to include in your submission, visit www.milk.org. nz
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