A legal brief filed in a federal
court dispute over the purchase and use of raw milk contends the
court ultimately will determine "whether the people control the government, or whether the government
controls the people."
"The decision of this court will either ensure that people have
fundamental rights endowed to them by their Creator, or that the people
have no rights except those that are conferred upon them by government," attorneys for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
have argued in their newest brief, which opposes the government's
demand that the case be dismissed.
"Our research shows that this nation has a long history of
consuming raw dairy products and
that FDA's prohibition against taking raw dairy for human consumption
across state lines runs counter to that national history," said fund
President Pete Kennedy.
The brief argues, contrary to allegations by the FDA, everyone has
the right to travel across state lines with raw dairy products in their
possession, everyone has the right to consume the foods of their choice,
that parents have the right to feed their children the foods of their
choice, and that all have the right to be responsible for their own
health.
