NC lawmakers seek to legalize sale of raw milk for human consumption
ORDER CALLING FOR A REDUCTION
IN THE
FEDERAL WORKFORCE.
>> NORTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS
CHANGED THEIR MINDS ABOUT A
PROPOSED BAN ON RAW MILK.
THAT BAN WAS APPROVED LAST WEEK
BY THE STATE SENATE AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE ANNUAL
FARM ACT THIS WEEK, MORE THAN
100 WALL MILK ENTHUSIAST PACKED
ANOTHER COMMITTEE HEARING
LEADING LAWMAKERS TO BACK DOWN
WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK SHOWS US
WHERE THE DEBATE STANDS TODAY
AND WHAT IMPACT IT COULD HAVE.
>> RAW MILK IS WHAT KEEPS
PEOPLE COMING BACK TO LILY DAN
PHARMA. TUCKER WEDDINGTON SAYS
WE FIRST STARTED SELLING IT.
THEY WERE ONLY MILKING TO COW'S
MILK. NOW IS THE NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY ON THE FARM AND OUR
HIGHEST SELLING IN VOLUME.
A BAN ON RAW MILK WOULD CHANGE
EVERYTHING. THEY COULD HAVE A
DEVASTATING IMPACT ON OUR
BUSINESS. ON TUESDAY, THE STATE
SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
REVERSED ITS DECISION TO
PROPOSE A BAN ON RAW MILK IS
PART OF THE ANNUAL FARM ACT.
>> IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL PUSHES
BY THE NORTH CAROLINA
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER STEVE
TROXLER TO REGULATE RAW MILK
FOR SAFETY REASONS SAYING,
QUOTE, IT PRESENTS A
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH RISK
AND THERE IS NO WAY TO ENSURE
ITS SAFETY. HE'S ALSO CALLED
FOR AN END TO THE STATE'S
PARTIAL LEGALIZATION OF RAW
MILK, WHICH COULD BE SOLD IF
GRANTED AS PETS TO. THAT'S HOW
WE CEL TASE. NOW YOU'LL NOTICE
EVERY PRODUCT HERE IN THE STORE
HAS TO BE LABELED WITH THIS,
NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, BUT
WITH LINCOLN SAYS THAT MOST OF
HIS CUSTOMERS ARE ACTUALLY
BUYING IT FOR THEIR OWN USE.
THE BAND'S ADVOCATES ARGUE THAT
THERE ARE SAFETY RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH DRINKING RAW
MILK AND SOME EXPERTS SEE, IT
IS ONE OF THE RISKIER FOODS
THAT WE HAVE. IT'S A KEEN TO
>> CONSUMING RAW CHICKEN, WHICH
IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE WOULD PRESCRIBE TO
INDIVIDUALS FROM A HEALTH
STANDPOINT BECAUSE OF THE
POTENTIAL FOR
>> PATHOGENS. WITHINGTON SAYS
IT SHOULD BE UP FOR THE
CONSUMERS TO DECIDE OR I I
BELIEVE THAT THE CONSUMER
SHOULD BE ABLE TO EDUCATE
THEMSELVES AND
>> IN AND ASSUME THE RISK OF
HAVE ANYTHING THEY DO IN THEIR
LIFE.
>> NOW, INSTEAD OF BANNING
WRONG BILL, THE BILL PROPOSES
STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF
MAKING ON MILL EVEN MORE
BROADLY AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE
TO BUY HEIDI KIRK WRAL. THEY
HAVE TO BRIEF. ALL RIGHT.
SO SENATE BILL 639, HAS ONE
MORE STOP BEFORE IT HEADS TO
THE CHAMBER FLOOR FOR A VOTE.
NOW TIME TO CHECK IN ON THE
RESULTS OF TODAY'S LIVE POLL
ON THIS ISSUE. HAVING HEARD
THIS DEBATE WERE ASKING.
>> WOULD YOU DRINK RAW MILK?
RIGHT NOW, 19% OF YOU SAY YES.
75% SAY NO. 6% SAY I ALREADY
DO. YOU CAN ALWAYS SHARE YOUR
VOICE BY SCANNING THAT QR CODE
ON YOUR SCREEN OR HEAD TO WRAL