Australia Raw Milk Producers Forced to 'Spoil' Their Own Milk for Sale

Heather Callaghan
Activist Post
Jan. 09, 2015

Flashback: The Chemist's War: The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences. The Australian government wants its people to literally "recoil in horror" if they ever dare to have a taste of unpasteurized fresh milk. So much so, they are forcing raw milk producers to contaminate their future milk goods with a bittering agent that would entirely preclude human consumption.

The "spoilage" we're talking about here is to prevent the possibility of people getting around the regulation to consume it or let their animals consume it by...ruining it! Making it not just unpalatable, but impossible to drink.

Raw milk in Australia - or at least in Victoria - is not actually sold for humans, as pasteurization is compulsory. It is sold as a cosmetic product for natural milk baths and already labeled "For cosmetic use only - Not for human consumption," since it still needs refrigeration and is sold next to food goods like pasteurized dairy products.

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