Canada Raw Milk Laws
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News Links
Michael Schmidt - Glencolton Farms raided for the fourth time
Get Raw Milk, 1/15/2023
Michael Schmidt raided for the fourth time on October 27th, 2021.
Canadian Raw Milk Hearings - November 2020
Get Raw Milk, 1/15/2023
Raw milk hearings toward the legalization of raw milk in Canada.
https://getrawmilk.com/content/canadian-raw-milk-hearings-november-2020
Legal Links
C.R.C., c. 870, Division 8
Government of Canada, 7/17/2021
B.08.002.2 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall sell the normal lacteal secretion obtained from the mammary gland of the cow, genus Bos, or of any other animal, or sell a dairy product made with any such secretion, unless the secretion or dairy product has been pasteurized by being held at a temperature and for a period that ensure the reduction of the alkaline phosphatase activity so as to meet the tolerances specified in official method MFO-3, Determination of Phosphatase Activity in Dairy Products, dated November 30, 1981.
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._870/page-41.html#h-570772
History Links
Raw Milk No Longer Legal in Ontario – History of Canadian Dairy and a Global Perspective
Well Preserved, 7/17/2021
A quick history of raw milk in Ontario, the first Canadian city to outlaw raw milk.
The Introduction of Mandatory Pasteurization in Canada
Raw Milk Policy – Information for Canadians, 7/17/2021
Excerpt: The first provincial laws mandating pasteurization (Ontario, 1930s) were introduced not in response to food safety concerns but as a marketplace strategy to eliminate competition from farmers who were selling milk direct to consumers
https://getrawmilk.com/content/the-introduction-of-mandatory-pasteurization-in-canada
