Post by AlanPost by Skeeter OGPost by AlanBut no problem for you, MAGAts, huh?
'The suspension is another disruption to the nation's food
safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000
employees of the Department of Health and Human Services,
which includes the FDA, as part of President Donald Trump's
effort to shrink the federal workforce.'
No one had an issue with milk before the regulations.
LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
'We are living in a time when many see ?deregulation? as a goal
in itself. Red tape is obnoxious and counterproductive, and
government should just leave businesses alone. That goes for an
expanding array of consumer choices. When it comes to food, for
example, an odd combination of the crunchy left and libertarian
right now bridle at laws limiting their right to access
?natural? commodities, like raw milk.
...
I only made it to the second page without gagging. There Blum
explains how milk was often adulterated in the late 19th
century. It was watered down, and chalk or plaster powder was
mixed in to get the color right. To replace the layer of cream
on top, pureed calf brains could be used.
...In the case of milk, formaldehyde was a favored option.
Commercial products such as ?Preservaline? hit the market for
precisely this purpose. Added to fresh milk, it could prevent
curdling for days, the same way it could preserve dead bodies.
Sadly, it didn?t have quite the positive effect on the living
children who consumed it. Clusters of child deaths in various
cities in the late 1890s turned public attention to what was
being put into milk. Blum suggests dozens of children died,
particularly those in orphanages and hospitals, which bought the
cheapest supplies.
...
For milk, a solution existed: pasteurization. It was already
mandatory in some countries, but U.S. producers resisted on the
grounds of cost and hassle. No, it would not allow old milk to
stay shelf stable for weeks without refrigeration (something
some of the dairy firms were obviously seeking when they used
formaldehyde). But it would save consumers from the risks of
salmonella, listeria, campylobacter (then known as ?infant
cholera?)?not to mention formaldehyde itself.'
regulations. Do you really think with our technology that they
wont keep making good milk? Moron.