From: John Karn
To: 'James McLaren'
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:06 PM
Subject: RE: Raw milk request
Dear Mr. McLaren,
The Board considered your correspondence at their meeting on October
29 and 30, 2007 and simply wishes to respond by stating that it supports
the current position of Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) on pasteurization
/ raw milk, which is as follows, "With the exception of certain
raw milk cheeses, DFC supports the legislation in place in all provinces
and at the federal level that requires the pasteurization of raw milk".
Thank-you for corresponding with the Board.
John Karn
John W. Karn
Secretary to the Board
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Phone 905-821-8970
FAX 905-821-3160
jkarn@milk.org
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From: James McLaren
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:48 PM
To: jkarn@milk.org
Subject: Raw milk request
Thank you for our telephone conversation today and for offering to
present the following to the Board.
I represent consumers interested in legalizing the sale of raw milk
directly from farmers to consumers. November 26 will be the first anniversary
of the raid on Michael Schmidt's farm and we are planning a number of
visible activities and events including a press conference to further
our goal. We are asking the Board for a letter of support for our initiative
along the lines of, "Provided the government puts in place a system
that effectively monitors and controls the microbial safety of raw milk
for human consumption, we support the right of individual consumers
to purchase raw milk directly from farmers." If you are not willing
to provide this, then on November 26, raw milk advocates will be publicly
adding their voices to those who want an end to the quota system, and/or
to bring about a combines investigation into the pricing practices of
the DFO as they did in England which resulted in wiping out quota values,
and we will look for any and every opportunity to bring negative publicity
to the DFO and their practices.
I look forward to your response.
James McLaren
www.naturalmilk.org
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