The EU hygiene legislation should have made the rules more equal between the different EU countries and clearer for all dairy producers. But it seems every country applies the rules to their own interpretation.
It would be good to have a clear comparison how the different EU countries apply the hygiene legislation for dairy products. How often they audit, what do they audit, what are the costs, what administrative forms have to be filled in, etcetera.
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Early last Tuesday morning Glencolton Farm near Durham, in Grey County, southwestern Ontario, Canada, was raided by the officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Natural Resources who impounded milk operations equipment and forbade farmer Michael Schmidt from selling raw milk to his cow share program consisting of 150 raw milk consumers across the province.
At a press conference on his farm on Thursday, Schmidt announced that would go on a hunger strike until all of the equipment, documents and other items removed from this farm have been returned.
Read the full story here.
Find out how you (especially if you’re Canadian) can help Schmidt in his fight against the government for food sovereignty—go to www.glencoltonfarms.com and download the Freedom of Choice petition or write to the Ontario premier in support of consumers’ right to purchase raw milk. You can also read more about the raid and current developments at the site as well as find out how to send Schmidt a donation to support him while government actions keep him from producing his milk and selling it.
Yesterday, Terra Madre 2004 and 2006 delegate Jamie Kennedy, a chef-restaurateur in Toronto, hosted a press conference for Schmidt at his restaurant. Michael Schmidt raises the Canadienne cattle breed, which is on the Slow Food Ark of Taste.
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For export reasons for industrial cheese makers, the regulation for making an rawmilk softcheese are very strong and makes it impossible to start with this kind of cheese
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somos productores de quesos de cabra en la provincia llamada Santiago del Estero al norte de la argentina, nuestra casa y la pequena planta donde elaboramos los quesos esta ubicada en la localidad de San Carlos, procesamos unos 200 litros diarios de lunes a viernes, los sabados es un dia en el que se realizan otras tareas, trabajan junto con nosotros 2 personas mas y una tercera nos ayuda ocasionalmente, originalmente produciamos nuestra propia leche de cabra con una majada de 70 madres, actualmente nos dedicamos a la elaboracion de los quesos y compramos la leche a unas 6 familias de pequenos productores de la zona,
en nuestra provincia hay 15000 familias campesinas (de 21.000 productores totales) de las cuales mas de 10.000 crian cabras, el destino principal de esta produccion son los cabritos que se venden en el mercado local
la propuesta es que las familias sigan produciendo cabritos y puedan vender y/o aprovechar en la casa la produccion de leche restante.
Abracadabra Quesos
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