The cows go from the barn after a baking. Photo of Scott Olson/Getty Images.
A pair of republican legislators Ohio introduced a bill that would legalize the sale of unpasteurized milk. Doctors warn that raw milk causes diseases transmitted by food and the product is forbidden for some reason.
Everson Jersey Dairy Farm brings visitors from a distance of one hundred miles per milk.
“It probably stayed by 110% in people arriving here,” said the owner Jamie Everson. “We have families who come every week, an hour and a half from the hotel to get milk.”
Everson has 40 dairy cows on his farm in the north -eastern part of Ohio, where he test his products every few days and sends them to immense dairy companies. However, he says that guests really want one thing.
“Always people call and are looking for raw milk,” she said.
Selling raw, unpasteurized milk is illegal in Ohio, which Dr. Anita Somani, a democratic representative of the state from Columbus, said for a reason.
“In a simple case, you can end food poisoning with diarrhea, dehydration, nausea and vomiting,” said Somani. “But if you are a small child, if you are an elderly person, if you are reduced to immunity, these bacteria can endanger life.”
As Ob-Gyn, Somani warns his patients against the risk that E. Cola, Salmonella and Listeria may have during pregnancy, which includes the delivery of the dead. The Health Department of Ohio and CDC support her warnings.
“Listeria is one that can be very, very, very harmful to the fetus for pregnant women,” said the doctor.
But in the law there is a gap against the sale of raw milk in this state.
Everson is able to provide raw milk by Herdshare. Through the contract, consumers can buy a “participation” of cow, enabling them to obtain a raw product.
“You can buy a part of the cow in the herd, which is 14% of one of our cows, [it] He makes a gallon a week, said Everson. “So you buy a cow for so much money, and then you pay a monthly fee for the deck.”
Another legal way for the sale of raw milk is that the retailer claims that he is for pets.
“If you do it in the right way, you can’t really have a lot of trouble,” said Everson.
The representative of the state Kellie Deter (R-Normwalk) said that this process can be improved and wants to legalize raw milk for consumers.
“We just try to regulate people who are already doing it, and actually make it healthier, not unhealthy,” said Deeter.
She and the representative of Levi Dean (R-Xenia) introduced House Bill 406, which requires release from responsibility for the sale of raw milk and sets guidelines for monthly tests of bacteria and diseases transmitted by food, such as Listeria.
“If you test milk today, does this mean that in a week, when the bacteria have not grown up?” Somani asked rhetorically. “The purpose of pasteurizing and sterilizing milk is to prevent the development of bacteria.”
Health officials in Florida report the recent E. coli explosion resulting from raw milk caused about two dozen patients, including six children, and seven of 21 patients are hospitalized. Somani said that that’s why pasteurization is so critical.
“I don’t think there is something that is reliable now, but it would certainly be better than the way it is currently done without regulation,” said Deeter.
Deeter said that she communicated with the Department of Agriculture Ohio and Ohio Dairy Association – those who “were not excited”, she said – to create a safer environment for the developing milk market for raw milk.
Maha recognized the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, led by the Secretary of the Health and Social Welfare Department Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Increasing the awareness of an unpasteurized product.
“We legalized marijuana in the state of Ohio, so I don’t think to legalize raw milk for the consumer in a very narrow belt in a regulated way in which it is safer for people than I think that it can be unregulated at present,” said Deeter.
Everson said that some people are not as strict as she is in terms of rules, which can give consumers more choices.
“People would not be so nervous even with a question,” said Everson.
Somani said that science is moving forward and she does not want to go back.
“From a decision-based decision-based process, I think that the legitimacy of raw milk is a mistake,” said the doctor.
The act will be heard in the coming months.
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This article was Originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published at the Ohio Capital Journal on the basis of a content division agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free publication by other information service, because it is owned by WSPs at Cleveland.
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