U.S. Congressman Ron Paul has introduced HR 778, a bill “to authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.”
Under the bill, the federal government could not “take any action ... that would prohibit, interfere with, regulate, or otherwise restrict the interstate traffic of milk, or a milk product, that is unpasteurized and packaged for direct human consumption solely on the basis that the milk or milk product is unpasteurized.”
Passage of the bill into law would repeal a current federal regulation prohibiting raw milk and raw milk products for human consumption in interstate commerce. The bill would not force a state to legalize the sale of raw milk from local producers, nor would it force a state to allow the sale of raw milk from out-of-state producers in its retail stores. The bill would, however, enable consumers to enter into transactions to obtain raw milk and raw milk products from other states without the transactions being in violation of federal law.
The consumption of raw milk is legal in every U.S. state, but its sale is currently illegal in about half of them.
Sources:
Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund February 1, 2009
111th Congress 1st Session, H.R. 778
Read Dr. Mercola´s comments at: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/26/Will-Ron-Paul-End-the-Ban-on-Raw-Milk.aspx
