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are all regulated sales of raw drinking milk, either retail or direct from farmers to
consumers. Uneducated consumers can be protected both by the latter (a
regulated system of raw drinking milk sales) and by consumer education
programs. In this manner the rights and the health of all raw milk consumers,
both educated and uneducated, are respected and protected and no Charter
violations exist which we would go to court over.
The submission will also demonstrate how the present mandatory pasteurization
law violates the Charter, and appears to have a major deficiency in respect of the
sale of raw meat, fish, poultry and eggs and liquor.
However, for the government to consider a voluntary change to the law and to
thereby permit the sale of raw milk for drinking, we were asked to address two
issues by Health Canada:
i.
why do we believe raw milk is healthier than pasteurized milk?
ii.
how do you make raw milk safe for consumers?
These issues are presented below.
The submission was prepared by The Natural Milk Coalition of Canada, a
consumer advocacy group formed to promote the general availability of raw
For ease of reading and understanding, reference is made in this submission to
raw drinking milk from cows. However, raw drinking milk from goats and sheep is
also being sought, although not mentioned specifically at each instance
hereunder.
A. HEALTH RATIONALE FOR RAW MILK
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