Those who buy raw milk for their pets in North Carolina may soon see a change in their milk color if a new Ag rule is implemented.
The rule would require dairy farmers to dye raw milk charcoal gray and label it “not for human consumption.” This is apparently to protect wayward children who might mistake the pet milk for the pasteurized stuff from the regular grocery.
Mistakes are common enough, according to this AP story in Forbes, to necessitate the rule.
Raw milk advocate Alice Hall is opposed to the rule because it could discourage raw milk drinkers. She also makes the point in the piece that raw milk from healthy cows eating healthy grass is safe.
Probably true. But who is making sure these cows are health and that the grass they are eating isn’t contaminated?
Virtual Farmgirl 