Ontario Goat Milk Producers' Association

Ontario Goat Milk Producers' Association

Founded October 1989 ~ Incorporated January 1997

 

 

Raw Milk Not for Sale

 RAW Milk Not for Sale

It is illegal for anyone in Canada to distribute or sell raw milk and raw milk products. 
Since 1938, legislation has made it mandatory for all Ontario dairy farmers to sell or distribute only pasteurized milk.

It is legal for Ontario farmers to consume milk from their own animals without pasteurization.
The pasteurization heating process kills a number of bacteria that exists in raw milk that can lead to serious diseases or even death.

The controversy over what is destroyed in the heating process of the milk or the fact that numerous families have been drinking unpasteurized milk with apparent few health problems are left to personal choice. You are not legally able to purchase raw milk. A convicted Ontario farmer selling the unpasteurized product to any one other than licensed milk brokers, will face fines and a loss of their license.

Currently, those intent on bypassing the regulations for pasteurization, can only use milk from their own animals.

 Additional resources:
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Fact Sheet
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/pub_menus/pub_foodsafe.html
 
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Fact Sheet
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/inspection/dairy/pasteurized%20milk%20infosheet.htm