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Raw milk demand grows; more Florida farms sell it as pet food
By Erika Pesantes, Sun Sentinel
October 7, 2011
Florida calls it pet food, but people crave it and will go underground to get it.
Florida allows the sale of unpasteurized milk only as pet food, yet while a growing number of people want raw milk for themselves, the state turns a blind eye.
This year, about a dozen more farms statewide, a total of 46, registered to sell raw milk as "commercial feed." There's no way to tell how much is bought for human consumption.
"It's legal to consume. It's not like a drug that you can get arrested for possession or distribution," said Pete Kennedy, president and attorney for Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a national organization that advocates for the right to buy and consume raw milk. "The law is dysfunctional."
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-raw-milk-20111007,0,7597300.story
By Erika Pesantes, Sun Sentinel
October 7, 2011
Florida calls it pet food, but people crave it and will go underground to get it.
Florida allows the sale of unpasteurized milk only as pet food, yet while a growing number of people want raw milk for themselves, the state turns a blind eye.
This year, about a dozen more farms statewide, a total of 46, registered to sell raw milk as "commercial feed." There's no way to tell how much is bought for human consumption.
"It's legal to consume. It's not like a drug that you can get arrested for possession or distribution," said Pete Kennedy, president and attorney for Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a national organization that advocates for the right to buy and consume raw milk. "The law is dysfunctional."
More...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-raw-milk-20111007,0,7597300.story