FDA Action Stops Legal Sale of Raw Colostrum in Nevada
Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Subject: Fw: [FW] FDA Stops Legal Sale of Raw Colostrum in Nevada - URGENT
FDA Action Stops Legal Sale of Raw Colostrum in Nevada
Tragically, the week of December 7-12th 2008 will be the last week that OPDC will be able to deliver raw products to Nevada. The FDA has brought legal enforcement action to stop OPDC deliveries of raw colostrum to Nevada.
In late 2007, with out notifying OPDC, the FDA changed the regulations pertaining to raw Colostrum and now mandates that colostrum must be pasteurized if transported across state lines. OPDC had no idea that these laws had changed until discovered last week.
This came as a quite a shock to Organic Pastures Dairy and our family of closely connected consumers. OPDC had worked for three years to gain permission from the Nevada State dairy commission for the retail sale of raw colostrum. After much debate, the Nevada State Dairy Commission graciously gave its permission after hearing the facts about DSHEA and raw colostrum. This has all come to an end. Nevada is not at fault, this is an FDA action.
We at OPDC are sickened by this stealth FDA rule change. This FDA change does not serve to increase food safety but instead forces raw products underground where it is not tested or inspected. There have been zero reported illnesses associated with raw colostrum…ever!!!
If you want raw milk or raw colostrum to once again to be found on Nevada retail shelves you will need to fight the powers in our government which do not seek to increase immune strength but do all that they can to weaken it by mandating the processing of your foods and consumption of drugs.
We are so very sorry and heart broken for your loss of this fantastic living food,
Most kind regards,
Mark McAfee
1-877 RAW MILK