Today in the IA Senate: Republicans pass SF 2309 to legalize sale of unregulated raw milk

[Nevilledog]

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Janet Petersen
@janet4iowa
Today in the IA Senate: Republicans pass SF 2309 to legalize sale of unregulated raw milk & vote unanimously to reject a warning label for pregnant moms letting them know drinking/eating raw milk products can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, pre-term labor, & death of a newborn.
1:47 PM · Mar 9, 2022

[MerryHolidays]

1. What??? Why??? nt

[Wounded Bear]

3. Cheaper if they don't have to process the milk, especially pasteurizing.

I suppose it might enhance local sales directly from the dairies, but there is real risk.

I know as a kid back in the 50's/early 60's we'd often get raw milk from the locak dairies. We survived, but that doesn't make it right.

[FSogol]

5. There is a whole group of "whackadoodles" that feel that raw milk is better for you.

They think pasteurization removes the important god-given cow's milk properties! Freedumb!

[ck4829]

2. Pasteurization apparently has a liberal bias, who knew?

[Nevilledog]

4. It's that science thingie

[CurtEastPoint]

6. MOORE FLOORIDE FER RAW MILK

[mopinko]

7. and the left meets the right.

[bullwinkle428]

8. Staggering hypocrisy, from the very same people screaming about their

objections to the COVID vaccine - "I'M NEVER PUTTING THAT IN MY BODY!! IT HASN'T BEEN TESTED!!"

[peggysue2]

9. The continuing march backwards . . .

As the rest of the world marches forward is truly stunning in Republican circles. Deregulation and stripping away consumer health protections/warnings is now equated with FREEDUMBS, the kind that can kill.

Hey, if you can convince people that a deadly virus is a hoax, you can sell anything.

[VGNonly]

10. Even pasteurized cow milk

can contain up to 750 million pus cells per liter and can be legally sold.

[orwell]

11. Let the diarrhea begin!

More Weston Price fraudulent bullshit.

If we just let these Red States promote their fact free universe, life will be unsustainable in 50 years.

Go for it assholes...

[hunter]

12. That stuff literally killed people. That's why there are regulations.

[SWBTATTReg]

13. Then sue their collective a&&es for selling this product. If enough people sue the state, the

farmers (and anyone else involved in the manufacture, the distribution, etc. of this historically proven product that harmed so many in the past). Keep suing, and don't let up. This is despicable.

[FrogStatue]

14. the best milk I ever had

was raw from a cow that a friend milked by hand while he sang to her. I got a gallon every week one summer. One week I thought it tasted faintly of strawberry. I mentioned it to the friend and he was like "oh, yea, she's been grazing on wild strawberries." I've also gotten raw milk from slightly larger commercial operations subject to regulations, and the bottles had an advisory / warning label. The problem with this bill is the lack of regulation. Raw milk is generally fine if your source is clean and sanitary