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Government of Canada: Support food freedom
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    1. Government of Canada (+ 5 others)
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      • Government of Canada
      • Minister of Health, BC (Michael de Jong)
      • Minister of Health, Canada (Leona Aglukkaq)
      • Minister of Agriculture, BC (Don McRae)
      • Minister of Health, Ontario (Deborah Matthews)
      • Premier of Ontario (Dalton McGuinty)
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    T. J.
    Vancouver, Canada
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Why This Is Important

The ability to choose what food we consume is a fundamental right.

Hundreds of millions around the world have been drinking raw milk for thousands of years, yet today, it is illegal to sell it in Canada. However, raw milk is legal to sell in every other G8 country as they have a second set of dairy production standards of sufficiently high caliber to ensure the raw milk comes from healthy animals and is safe to consume.

Pasteurization was instituted in the 1900's to combat various diseases caused by the unsanitary production of milk. How can the milk be safe to drink if the cows are sick, covered in manure, and fed anything but their natural diet of grass? Pasteurization is indeed necessary for unhealthy animals. But milk from healthy animals can be consumed in its natural state as it has been done for millenia.

Raw milk is legal in many places around the world. Canadians should have the same right to choose their food.

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Support Food Freedom - Legalize raw milk

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Government of Canada.

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Legalize raw milk

The ability to choose what food we consume is a fundamental right.

Hundreds of millions around the world have been drinking raw milk for thousands of years, yet today, it is illegal to sell it in Canada. However, raw milk is legal to sell in every other G8 country as they have a second set of dairy production standards of sufficiently high caliber to ensure the raw milk comes from healthy animals and is safe to consume.

Pasteurization was instituted in the 1900's to combat various diseases caused by the unsanitary production of milk. How can the milk be safe to drink if the cows are sick, covered in manure, and fed anything but their natural diet of grass? Pasteurization is indeed necessary for unhealthy animals. But milk from healthy animals can be consumed in its natural state as it has been done for millenia.

Raw milk is legal in many places around the world. Canadians should have the same right to choose their food. With that in mind, please legalize raw milk sales and distribution, cow shares, and drop any legal activity related to raw milk against small farmers and dairies.
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