Raw milk sales will continue: Milkman

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

An Ontario milkman said he will fight a court's decision to fine him $55,000 for selling milk straight from a cow's udder.

In October, Michael Schmidt, a 54-year-old organic farmer, was convicted of defying a court order by continuing to sell raw, unpasteurized milk from his 30 cows. He was informed of the fine -- $5,000 on the charges and $50,000 for court costs -- last week.

He intends to appeal the conviction and continue to provide milk to his customers. "It takes more than that to stop me," the raw-milk activist said.

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