Untitled

New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 743, 9 October 1953, Page 5

Sir-A hand to "E.J.D," and others in their fight against the potential and in most instances unwitting architects of George Orwell’s 1984, Milk control unfortunately is a field lending itself to bureaucratic exercise, and Wanganui’s narrow escape from the authoritarianism* which aimed to force pasteurised milk down unwilling throats is fresh in many memories. As one who has at times through necessity and choice lived exclusively on milk-except for a small amount of fruit juice-I suggest I have something to contribute to the discussion. My experience shows that unpasteuriséd milk is infinitely superior to pasteurised. During a year in which I was doing hard manual work, T lived exclusively on unpasteurised milk. I later tried living on pasteurised milk, but after five days I had "had it." It was like drinking cherfiicals, my taste and stomach having revolted. On other occasions I have lived exclusively on unpasteurised milk from various herds — without being afflicted by tuberculosis, undulant fever or other diseases. However, impressed by some of the hysterical advertisements on the subject of milk pasteurisation which have been known’ to make their appearance during such a controversy as thisi.I decided to. give pasteurised milk another. trial, though as before in the best of health, Never again. The stuff is dynamite-in reverse-if one is going eae cand a a: ey st I be, agcused, a crank, may I, to our New Zealand tradition, note that I am not ayerse to a glass of beér, a glass of ‘pasteurised mille provided I-car still. get some fresh milk, or ayerse to eating meat. I am averse, however, to the present policy of trying to force ‘town milk ‘suppliers to self’ their'"superior ‘product for pasteurisation, with the consequent production. of an inferior milk, produced at considerable expense to the ratepayers and taxpayers. -~ dhe ‘When "one-.group ‘of children in a charitable home.in, England was, fed on

pasteurised milk and the other on unpasteurised milk, the latter showed better health and better gains in measurements. If those in favour of pasteurised milk were interested in a fair trial they would conduct the same experiments instead of making wild and in the main unsupported and unproved statements about the dancers of unpasteurised milk

PUREX

(Wellincton). _

( Abridged.-Ed. )