Canadian Constitution Foundation

Square Off: Raw milk ruckus

CHCH TV, April 14, 2011

While raw milk is legal to drink, it's illegal to sell in Canada, and health officials consider it a hazard.
Schmidt argues the charges laid against him under the Health Protection and Promotion Act and the Milk Act are unconstitutional and infringe on his rights and freedoms. The Canadian Constitution Foundation is acting on Schmidt's behalf in this appeal. Its litigation director, Karen Selick joins us by phone, while in studio is Dr Chris Mackie, Hamilton's associate medical officer of health.

Raw Milk: health or hazard?

Christina Stevens

Global News, February 23, 2011

CCF client Michael Schmidt was featured in a recent Global TV feature on raw milk.

Do consumers need protection from raw milk?

Darcy Wintonyk

CTV News, January 25, 2010

What’s more dangerous for your health: smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol or drinking unpasteurized milk?

According to Health Canada, it’s drinking milk.

Canada is the only G8 country where the sale of raw milk is illegal. The country outlawed its sale in 1991. However, drinking raw milk is legal.

Raw milk: magic elixir or health hazard?

Darcy Wintonyk

CTV News, January 25, 2010

Diagnosed with tuberculosis of the bowel in 1920, Winifred Dye Britton was prescribed a strict diet of raw milk and eggs and plenty of fresh air by her Oregon doctor. It worked.

Kimberly Hartke said her great grandmother would have died without the health benefits of the Milk Diet, a popular treatment reputed to cure everything from arthritis, infertility, indigestion to ulcers and congestive heart failure.

Court case heats up raw dairy debate in Canada

Darcy Wintonyk

CTV News, January 22, 2010

An unprecedented court decision in Ontario upholding the legality of raw milk co-ops may help the legal battles of a B.C. farmer and force Canadian regulators to legalize the sale of unpasteurized dairy, according to raw dairy experts.

Durham, Ont., farmer Michael Schmidt was found not-guilty on 19 charges related to selling unpasteurized milk Thursday.