Australian Raw Milk Producers Forced to 'Spoil' Their Own Milk for Sale

The Australian government wants its people to literally “recoil in horror” if they ever dare to have a taste of unpasteurized fresh milk. So much so, they are forcing raw milk producers to contaminate their future milk goods with a bittering agent that would entirely preclude human consumption.

The “spoilage” we’re talking about here is to prevent the possibility of people getting around the regulation to consume it or let their animals consume it by…ruining it! Making it not just unpalatable, but impossible to drink.

Raw milk in Australia – or at least in Victoria – is not actually sold for humans, as pasteurization is compulsory. It is sold as a cosmetic product for natural milk baths and already labeled “For cosmetic use only – Not for human consumption,” since it still needs refrigeration and is sold next to food goods like pasteurized dairy products. Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Dr Rosemary Lester, wrote to to Victorian Consumer Affairs to “rectify” the issue.

Victorian Minister for Consumer Affairs Jane Garrett said:

Raw milk producers will have to either treat the milk with a pasteurisation process to make sure that any harmful bacteria are killed before there is a risk that consumers will drink it. 

If they don’t wish to go through this pasteurisation process, they will be required to add a very small drop of an agent that makes the milk entirely unpalatable. 

This means that the smallest amount will make the individual recoil in horror, which will prevent absolutely the deliberate or accidental consumption.