CA Raw Milk Hearing April 15

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One thing that hasn't been mentioned in the reports but deserves merit should be

Florez' promise to get both OPDC and Claravale out of the CA milk pool. It's a

costly requirement for them that they cannot benefit from but are obligated at

this point in time, to join nonetheless.

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=8149

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CA hearing from Aajonus' point of view...

Hi, everyone,

To read some of the details of the hearing, I included Organic

Pastures Dairy's (OPDC) view of the event below. I testified on the

expert panel for pro raw milk and anti-coliform restrictions. Although

the ultimate conclusion by Senator Dean Florez was that the new

coliform regulations were superfluous at ensuring safe raw dairy and

he admitted that raw dairy is an entirely different product than

pasteurized dairy, that pasteurization destroys important health-

giving bacteria, and regulations should differ to retain important

bacteria in raw dairy, his intent is not as noble as some believe it

to be. After he continually pushed for and praised his idea for us to

create a HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) for raw

dairy, ..........................