Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Hi, Bill has a good point here. Why not just write into law an exemption for small dairies. Something such as: Small producers shall be exempt from all dairy inspection laws including processed products made from milk. Milk and milk products may be only sold to direct end users either on farm, or delivered. A small producer shall be defined as an entity selling less than 100,000 pounds of liquid milk annually, including products made from that milk. The 100,000 lb limit would be equivalent to about 15 to 18 cows, and would be independent of animal type. I think rewriting your law as an exemption rather than another regulated food is the way to go. Keeping it small would let the customer decide if the quality is high enough and leave the state out of the loop entirely. A small size would also ensure larger unsanitary dairies wouldn't be able to dump their inferior and possibly dangerous product on an unsuspecting populace. The way to limit size is by quantity of milk sold or used in processing. I think a 15 cow limit is a reasonable size. s www.micah68.org - how to please God www.willowhills.org - natural foods & crafts : Re: TN legislation What makes selling raw milk illegal? Taking the viewpoint of the whole, that law should be rescinded. This would simplify life rather than make it more complex. Clear, truthful labeling is all that is needed for everyone to get what they want. We are moving into a new age. People are becoming more aware and responsible. There is disagreement about what is good. Laws were appropriaate to express near universal agreement about rules for human interaction within the context of independent individuals competing for survival. We are shifting our context to interdependent coopeeration for mutual benefit. It's time to start studying and advocating what laws we can eliminate year by year. Re: TN legislation Well no raw milk law would make selling raw milk still illegal. At least with a raw milk law you have a chance to try to be legal. To learn more about Raw Dairy, visit our home pages at http://www.midvalleyvu.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 I could go for that if it were written to include goats and sheep somehow. Seems it would be easier to get thru as it wouldn't be such a threat to the "regular" milk producers. Belinda Hi, Bill has a good point here. Why not just write into law an exemption for small dairies. Something such as: Small producers shall be exempt from all dairy inspection laws including processed products made from milk. Milk and milk products may be only sold to direct end users either on farm, or delivered. A small producer shall be defined as an entity selling less than 100,000 pounds of liquid milk annually, including products made from that milk. The 100,000 lb limit would be equivalent to about 15 to 18 cows, and would be independent of animal type. I think rewriting your law as an exemption rather than another regulated food is the way to go. Keeping it small would let the customer decide if the quality is high enough and leave the state out of the loop entirely. A small size would also ensure larger unsanitary dairies wouldn't be able to dump their inferior and possibly dangerous product on an unsuspecting populace. The way to limit size is by quantity of milk sold or used in processing. I think a 15 cow limit is a reasonable size. s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Hey Bill, , and Belinda, These are teeerrific suggestions. I have already included sheep and goats in the legislation as well as all other graxing/browsing ruminants. Some like Buffalo milk for yogurt, I think? I've also modified it for not just milk, but all milk products the farmer might make as well. I am working on it and will post it when it's finished. Anyway, I like the wording of this and will try to include it. from TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Beautiful ... but I don't think the National Dairy Council or any of the political dairy-industry forces would let it slip by them unchallenged. To them, any raw dairy is a threat to their institutions. A threat that I hope will become reality. Tom s wrote: > Hi, > > Bill has a good point here. Why not just write into law an exemption for > small dairies. Something such as: > > Small producers shall be exempt from all dairy inspection laws including > processed products made from milk. Milk and milk products may be only sold > to direct end users either on farm, or delivered. A small producer shall be > defined as an entity selling less than 100,000 pounds of liquid milk > annually, including products made from that milk. > > The 100,000 lb limit would be equivalent to about 15 to 18 cows, and would > be independent of animal type. I think rewriting your law as an exemption > rather than another regulated food is the way to go. Keeping it small would > let the customer decide if the quality is high enough and leave the state > out of the loop entirely. A small size would also ensure larger unsanitary > dairies wouldn't be able to dump their inferior and possibly dangerous > product on an unsuspecting populace. The way to limit size is by quantity of > milk sold or used in processing. I think a 15 cow limit is a reasonable > size. > > s > www.micah68.org - how to please God > www.willowhills.org - natural foods & crafts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Oh they'll protest for sure Tom. But according to my lawmaker, if each ag. committee members gets 5 or 6 calls over the course of the year, then by next year's session, the bill will be in good shape. The honey bee lobby in our state got their RAW bill passed last year, so we can too. Got to stay optimistic, right? Tom Jeanne wrote: > Beautiful ... but I don't think the National Dairy Council or any of > the political dairy-industry forces would let it slip by them > unchallenged. To them, any raw dairy is a threat to their > institutions. A threat that I hope will become reality. > > Tom > > > > > s > > www.micah68.org - how to please God Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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