Fwd: just when you think it can't get any crazy-ier

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I guess grandma that was busted for goat cheese recently will have company in that cell.Can we say "POLICE STATE!"Begin forwarded message:Date: December 21, 2008 2:15 PM-21-Dec-08To: RawDairy Subject: just when you think it can't get any crazy-ierReply-To: RawDairy jailed on suspicion of selling raw milk without a licencelook at the context in which this  arrest  is put ...  pair of handcuffs with the headline 'more crime stories'  about homicides, for crying out loudon the website of the Ventura County Star, there are LOTS of good comments as feedback!http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/dec/21/probe-results-in-arrest-for-sales-of-raw-dairy/=======Probe results in arrest for sales of raw dairy goodsCrime CentralYou can find more stories, videos, and a daily blog at our Crime website More from Crime on the StreetsPolice seeking shooter responsible for Ventura man's deathMan arrested after police chaseMan fatally shot at home in east VenturaA milk processing plant near Santa a was shut down last week after allegedly selling dairy products without a license or pasteurization, authorities said Friday.Sharon Ann Palmer, 48, was arrested in connection with the plant called Healthy Family Farms at 6780 Wheeler Canyon Road, Ventura County Sheriff's Department officials said in a prepared statement.Members of the department's Agricultural Crimes Unit and other local health agencies began an investigation of Palmer in the first week of December and found she was operating the plant without a license and selling potentially unpasteurized milk products at farmers' markets in Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties, according to the statement.The agencies conducted an undercover operation focused on purchasing illegally made and potentially unsafe goat cheese produced by Healthy Family Farms, authorities said.Unpasteurized or raw milk has not been heated enough to kill harmful bacteria, including Listeria, Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus and M. bovis, which can cause tuberculosis, authorities said.Health officials have cracked down on distributors who sell unpasteurized milk in response to a demand from many who swear by its curative powers and nutritional value, according to a Time Magazine article.Investigators from California Department of Food and Agriculture and Ventura County Environmental Health Department submitted various containers of goat cheese and yogurt from Healthy Family Farms to a state laboratory for testing, authorities said.Palmer was arrested on suspicion of processing and selling milk without a license or pasteurization and is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on Friday. She has been released from Ventura County Jail.