From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Because testing milk for safety is which: waste, or fraud, or
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:52:03 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-04-22 13:39, Skeeter OG wrote:
> In article <vu8s2e$196cb$3@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
> says...
>>
>> ' The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control
>> program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to
>> reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to
>> an internal email seen by Reuters.'
>>
>>
>> <https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-suspends-milk-quality-tests-amid-workforce-cuts-2025-04-21/?ref=upstract.com>
>>
>> But no problem for you, MAGAts, huh?
>>
>> 'The suspension is another disruption to the nation's food safety
>> programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 employees of the
>> Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the FDA, as part
>> of President Donald Trump's effort to shrink the federal workforce.'
>
> No one had an issue with milk before the regulations.
LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
'We are living in a time when many see âderegulationâ as a goal in
itself. Red tape is obnoxious and counterproductive, and government
should just leave businesses alone. That goes for an expanding array of
consumer choices. When it comes to food, for example, an odd combination
of the crunchy left and libertarian right now bridle at laws limiting
their right to access ânaturalâ commodities, like raw milk.
...
I only made it to the second page without gagging. There Blum explains
how milk was often adulterated in the late 19th century. It was watered
down, and chalk or plaster powder was mixed in to get the color right.
To replace the layer of cream on top, pureed calf brains could be used.
...In the case of milk, formaldehyde was a favored option. Commercial
products such as âPreservalineâ hit the market for precisely this
purpose. Added to fresh milk, it could prevent curdling for days, the
same way it could preserve dead bodies. Sadly, it didnât have quite the
positive effect on the living children who consumed it. Clusters of
child deaths in various cities in the late 1890s turned public attention
to what was being put into milk. Blum suggests dozens of children died,
particularly those in orphanages and hospitals, which bought the
cheapest supplies.
...
For milk, a solution existed: pasteurization. It was already mandatory
in some countries, but U.S. producers resisted on the grounds of cost
and hassle. No, it would not allow old milk to stay shelf stable for
weeks without refrigeration (something some of the dairy firms were
obviously seeking when they used formaldehyde). But it would save
consumers from the risks of salmonella, listeria, campylobacter (then
known as âinfant choleraâ)ânot to mention formaldehyde itself.'