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Cream Recall Raises Questions About CDFA Procedures

Samples of cream from an OPDC supplier were rejected by the lab due to temperature abuse during shipping, but CDFA tested anyway Read More

- View Clean Bill of Health for Raw Milk
- Read Recall Release

McAfee Issues "Recall to Arms" in Defense of Raw Milk and Living Foods

With Stanford researcher Dr. Christopher Gardner leading an upcoming raw milk-asthma study, one shouldn't wonder that live foods pose a threat to the medical industry Read OPDC Statement

New York Times features OPDC in Raw Milk story

Mr. Milgrom-Elcott never missed a drop. Each month, he joined mothers with newborns and Wall Street titans in search of a box of unpasteurized, unhomogenized, raw milk-Read More

Fresh almonds latest raw food product in FDA cross hairs

California raw almonds will be outlawed by the FDA and the CA Almond Board beginning September 1. Deceptive labeling imminent. Read OPDC Statement

New U.K. study shows organic foods positively affect breast milk

"The study shows that breastfeeding mothers can influence the supply and quality of fatty acids for their infants by eathing a dient with organic meat and dairy- " More-

Just say No to drugs- and the Trillion dollar health scam.

"This Medicare drug plan fiasco enriches pharmaceutical companies, fleeces taxpayers, and forces millions of older Americans to accept inferior drug coverage"
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Soy Formula linked to deaths of 3 children.

"Breast feeding is best. Raw milk based baby food next best choice. Do not use soy or pasteurized milk for baby food," says Dr. Joseph Mercola. More-

PARSIFAL study tracks 15,000 children in Europe

"Raw Milk consumption found to be inversely related to incidences of Asthma" More-

News of Interest

	Raw Milk Recall Settled with CDFA without litigation. September 30, 2006 - The state cleared a Fresno County dairy to resume shipping raw milk products Friday, finding no evidence they contributed to four cases of E. coli poisoning in Southern California. READ KNIGHT-RIDDER ARTICLE SEE CDFA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Raw Milk Recall Settled with CDFA without litigation.

September 30, 2006 - The state cleared a Fresno County dairy to resume shipping raw milk products Friday, finding no evidence they contributed to four cases of E. coli poisoning in Southern California.

READ KNIGHT-RIDDER ARTICLE

SEE CDFA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

	Swiss Study Ties Farm Milk Consumption to Reduced Risks of Asthma and Allergy Fri May 18, 6:33 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consumption of farm milk appears to reduce the risk of asthma and allergy, according to findings from a European study. "All the children drinking unpasteurized farm milk and eating other farm-related dairy products showed the same level of protection against asthma and allergies, regardless of whether they were living on a farm or not," lead author Dr. Marco Waser, from the University of Basel in Switzerland, said in a statement. The benefits were greatest when consumption of farm milk began during the first year of life, he added. [Read More]

Swiss Study Ties Farm Milk Consumption to Reduced Risks of Asthma and Allergy

Fri May 18, 6:33 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consumption of farm milk appears to reduce the risk of asthma and allergy, according to findings from a European study.

"All the children drinking unpasteurized farm milk and eating other farm-related dairy products showed the same level of protection against asthma and allergies, regardless of whether they were living on a farm or not," lead author Dr. Marco Waser, from the University of Basel in Switzerland, said in a statement. The benefits were greatest when consumption of farm milk began during the first year of life, he added. [Read More]

	The Bacteria You Want in Food The buzz is on for foods and supplements with probiotics, -good- bacteria that can eliminate bad breath, heal your gut, clear up patchy skin and maybe even prevent cancer. [Read More]

The Bacteria You Want in Food

The buzz is on for foods and supplements with probiotics, -good- bacteria that can eliminate bad breath, heal your gut, clear up patchy skin and maybe even prevent cancer. [Read More]

	Probiotics may protect against food poisoning 03/20/2007 - Irish scientists report that a combination of five probiotic strains may reduce food poisoning by salmonella, if results of their pig study can be translated to humans. [Read More]

Probiotics may protect against food poisoning

03/20/2007 - Irish scientists report that a combination of five probiotic strains may reduce food poisoning by salmonella, if results of their pig study can be translated to humans. [Read More]

	Andy Rooney Wonders: What Have They Have Done To Dairy? June 11, 2006 From CBS 60 Minutes, Nov. 6, 2005 Weekly commentary CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney. "The milk we get from cows has always had a special standing among the foods we eat. Mothers are always saying to kids: Drink your milk. "So what in the world have they done to this simple and basic food? I'll bet a calf wouldn't drink most of the stuff called milk now sold in cartons. You can't tell some of it from Diet Coke." Read the Transcript …

Andy Rooney Wonders:
What Have They Have Done To Dairy?
June 11, 2006 From CBS 60 Minutes, Nov. 6, 2005 Weekly commentary CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney.

"The milk we get from cows has always had a special standing among the foods we eat. Mothers are always saying to kids: Drink your milk.

"So what in the world have they done to this simple and basic food? I'll bet a calf wouldn't drink most of the stuff called milk now sold in cartons. You can't tell some of it from Diet Coke." Read the Transcript …

	Not All "Organic" Cows are Happy Cows The controversy about what really constitutes "organic" milk is heating up. So-called Organic Dairies appear to be getting away with some pretty questionable practices that go unnoticed or ignored by inspectors. Read ABC NEWS, "Dispute: What Makes Milk Organic?"