Previously: Raw Milk Products Banned Over Bird Flu, Producer Says It’s a Political Witch Hunt
Well, this would be a good turn of events.
If any of this stuff with RFK is actually going to happen, I support all of it.
I’m skeptical it’s actually going to happen, but insofar as it will happen, I support it.
Mark McAfee, a California raw milk producer whose products have been recalled several times recently due to bird flu contamination, said he has been approached by Robert F Kennedy Jr’s team to guide the upcoming administration on raw milk policy.
McAfee, whose dairy products were recalled after state officials detected bird flu virus in milk samples, said that the transition team for Kennedy, the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, asked him to apply for a position advising on raw milk policy and standards development. The idea, he told the Guardian, would be to create a “raw milk ordinance”, mirroring the existing federal “standard milk ordinance”.
Kennedy is a notable fan of raw, or unpasteurized, milk, including McAfee’s products. If confirmed, he has said, he would work to remove restrictions on raw milk, which the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have so far advised against consuming.
Kennedy’s team did not respond immediately to the Guardian’s request for comment.
Mark McAfee
McAfee’s Raw Farm in Fresno supplies raw milk and milk products to grocery stories across California, and has the unique distinction of supplying the kefir used in the smoothies at Los Angeles’s celebrity-approved Erewhon market.
Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy’s running mate when he ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, interviewed McAfee for a documentary about raw milk released earlier this year. She told McAfee that Kennedy was a fan, and drinks his milk when he is home in Malibu. In a post on X in October, Kennedy said that with Trump in office, the FDA’s “war on public health” would end, as would its “aggressive suppression” of raw milk.
Raw milk is the only safe milk. Pasteurized milk causes all kinds of health problems. It’s the opposite of raw milk.
Most people have never had raw milk. At least most Americans.
Americans will drink chemical sludge because the Chosen Ones told them to.
Mark McAfee was an EMT who saw firsthand how American homes are full of prescription drugs and empty refrigerators. He learned about the health benefits of raw milk and decided to start a small dairy, which has since grown into America’s largest raw milk dairy. I visited… pic.twitter.com/v9VwyJnFFm
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) August 28, 2024
FDA’s war on public health is about to end. This includes its aggressive suppression of psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk, hyperbaric therapies, chelating compounds, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, vitamins, clean foods, sunshine, exercise, nutraceuticals and anything…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) October 25, 2024
Elvis Dunderhoff contributed to this article.