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Legislation – New Jersey
Updates: NJ Assembly Agriculture Committee Discuss Possible Raw Milk Sales
Status Quo: Raw milk sales are illegal. To obtain other unpasteurized dairy products, residents travel to Pennsylvania and New York, which both allow raw milk. (from http://www.realmilk.com/happening.html#nj)
The first hearing of our bill is scheduled for Monday, May 11th.
The Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will hold the hearing on Monday May 11, 2009 @2pm in Committee Room 8, 3rd floor, State House Annex, Trenton New Jersey.
The committee will receive comments and testimony from invited guests concerning the sale of raw milk. Come join us in Trenton!
Email or call the 5 Agricutural and Natural Resource Committee members and tell them why you support this bill.
The public may also address comments and questions to
Lucinda Tiajoloff, Committee Aide at 609-292-7676, fax 609-292-0561, or e-mail: OLSAideAAN@njleg.org.
If you want legal raw milk in NJ, here is how you can help make this happen::
Senator Karrow has introduced our bill to the legislature to legalize raw milk sales in NJ.
Spread the word that we have a bill that will make raw milk sales legal again.
Download and sign our petition!
Write or call the 5 Agricutural and Natural Resource Committee members and tell them why you support this bill. (Fisher, Alban, Amodeo, Conaway, & Karrow).
Call your own legislators (for talking points, click here) and tell them that you want legal raw milk sales in NJ and you want them to support this bill
Remember, letter writing is very powerful- write your legislators, regular mail is best, but phone calls and email are good too! Your legislators need to hear from YOU!!!
