There's no way the farm thought city dwellers were buying 1-2 gal/wk as "livestock feed." They knew people drank their milk. Knowing that, here's how they chose to raise their cows.
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This farm also *chose* to sell it in stores that promote raw milk as a health food, and stock it in their "dairy for humans" case. That's not a real mistake. As a farm selling directly to a local retailer, you have a say in how they class & sell your products. That's "lose your business" stupid.
aug 25, 2025, 1:21 am • 200 23 • view
Like... it's nice that you're a lawyer. I'm a ag scientist with a decade of food safety auditing & consulting under my belt. Selling raw milk as pet/livestock feed doesn't protect them, because the Campylobacter that was in their milk can cause disease problems in pets & livestock too.
aug 25, 2025, 1:38 am • 115 7 • view
That's how bad this is... they were selling "livestock feed" that isn't even fit for animals. And per the farm's own website, they feed calves from a bottle- that's usually formula. Rather than their own raw milk straight from the cow, which is a LOT simpler than bottle-feeding. Kinda weird!
aug 25, 2025, 1:38 am • 132 10 • view
For most dairies, that's just a cost-saving measure. But it's noteworthy how a farm that sells raw milk as a magic health food for calves doesn't seem to believe their own advertising that much. Not that sincerity matters in adulterated pet food & livestock feed cases. It's just interesting.
aug 25, 2025, 1:38 am • 108 6 • view
Would spreading the truthful word that there’s cow feces in raw milk make the buyers think twice? Or are they so far propagandized that they’d say that was healthy too?
aug 25, 2025, 3:33 am • 6 1 • view
This is how they getcha. (You think the stance on raw milk is dangerous, look at their COVID-19 propaganda.)
aug 25, 2025, 3:14 pm • 0 0 • view
it hasn't so far. They really don't care.
aug 25, 2025, 6:38 am • 2 0 • view
I've compared it before to trying to graft a branch onto an incompatible tree. The mindset, as far as I can tell, has already removed itself from the world where they take any expert advice to begin with. Evidence-based arguments or even just "that's poop milk" simply will not register with them
aug 25, 2025, 1:04 pm • 1 0 • view
I think they're a bot. 2 posts and then everything else is replies.
aug 25, 2025, 3:36 am • 1 0 • view
could be a bot, could also just be a reply guy, they exist oh boyyyyyyyy do they exist lmao
aug 25, 2025, 5:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Florida’s recognition of post-sale duty to warn for foreseeable misuse in product liability cases is probably gonna be an issue for them, then.
aug 25, 2025, 2:24 am • 16 1 • view
I get the feeling that the "disclaimer" label is just about as useful as it would be to make a specific violent threat against a government official, but end it with "..... in minecraft"
aug 25, 2025, 1:28 am • 9 0 • view
There’s a reason why the complaint includes the allegation that the store employee said something to the effect of, “the label is just there so we can sell it.” The implication being that it was for humans and that was clear. FL law appears to create a big wink wink system around the ruse.
aug 25, 2025, 1:41 am • 28 1 • view
Based solely on how that was written, they appear to be alleging that the nature of the exchange was pretty explicit about it being for humans.
aug 25, 2025, 1:44 am • 15 1 • view
Local drivers can't afford rent and that is going to create a huge interruption in freight soon especially with new postal regulations that will not allow us to be domicled in yards.
aug 25, 2025, 1:27 am • 1 0 • view
my "i sell raw milk not for human consumption" t-shirt is raising questions already answered by my shirt
aug 25, 2025, 1:44 am • 13 0 • view
The fact that the writing on a T-shirt would go over the human mammaries would add a whole new level to the answered questions.
aug 25, 2025, 2:31 am • 7 0 • view
I was at a farmers market once where a family was selling raw milk products. My favorite was the sticks of raw butter labeled as "for pets".
aug 25, 2025, 5:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Their not for legal consumption label has all the authenticity and legal weight of "no copyright infringement intended" in the description of a complete upload of a movie to someone's YouTube channel. You can't in fact avoid liability by saying the right magic word.
aug 25, 2025, 1:27 am • 28 0 • view
Not for human consumption that is.
aug 25, 2025, 1:29 am • 12 0 • view
there was a raw milk bootlegging ring in west Houston about 15 years ago, no idea what happened to it. They took payment via PayPal and had pickup spots where hapless locals would converge to pick up their shady goods.
aug 25, 2025, 2:17 am • 4 0 • view
It pisses me off. Raw milk can be used for certain cheeses, some soaps. NO ONE SHOULD BE DRINKING IT FROM THE POOPY UDDER OMG. Anyone who drinks raw milk has obviously never spent time with a cow before....
aug 25, 2025, 1:12 pm • 3 0 • view
Every restaurant bathroom has a sign that says "employees must wash hands" and yet. I don't know why some people think putting a label on something is a substitute for acting responsibly.
aug 25, 2025, 1:46 am • 4 0 • view
I am mildly embarrassed by how long it took me to figure out that's a bog and not just grass cut really short.
aug 25, 2025, 2:28 am • 3 0 • view
mmmmmm mossy teats
aug 25, 2025, 1:59 am • 1 0 • view
It's a real "play stupid games win stupid prizes" kind of scenario. You get away with it until something goes wrong and then you're at your own peril, legally and otherwise.
aug 25, 2025, 1:40 am • 11 0 • view
Is this the "Stay back 30 ft we're not responsible for your windshield" type of "legal advisement"? This is likely going to be expensive for them.
aug 25, 2025, 1:52 am • 4 0 • view