4 Flathead Memo: Raw milk bill gets second reading tomorrow
A reality based independent journal of observation & analysis, serving the Flathead Valley & Montana since 2006. © James Conner.

5 March 2015

Raw milk bill gets second reading tomorrow

HB-245, Rep. Nancy Ballance’s bill to legalize the sale of unpasteurized milk for human consumption, goes to the floor of the MT House tomorrow, 6 March, for its second reading. It was reported out of committee on a 14–3 vote.

Every vote for HB-245 is a vote against the germ theory of disease and an abdication of a legislator’s responsibility to support a science based public health system. It doesn’t matter how many letters, emails, and telephone calls supporting HB-245 a legislator receives. The science is long settled: pasteurization saves lives and prevents disease.

Given the relentless campaign the raw milkers are waging, the easy vote may be Aye. But the only responsible vote is Nay.

I’m taking names.