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Regulations for large businesses only - small is beautiful

Pasteurization was introduced in the 20th century because of the risk of Tuberculosis in cows infecting humans thru their milk. That risk is miniscule now. As has happened with other regulations the small producer(or in the case of Medicare- the solo physician) is unable to keep up. Benefits (profits) of scale lead to ever larger facilities and soon we end up with regulation induced ( malignant) growth throughout all enterprises food producing, food serving, food manufacture and even all human services too. The bottom line is all that matters. In milk production cows are fed whatever is cheap, and antibiotics and hormones are used as we all know.. What cows are fed in corporate milk factories is nauseating. If only they could talk. A solution out of this regulation induced rampant growth would be good. Small producers - and small can be whatever would provide a living wage for each able bodied person in the family enterprise- should be exempt from science driven well intentioned regula