Post by Logan on Mar 27, 2016 1:46:19 GMT -6
WV lawmaker won’t be fined for distributing raw milk at Capitol
West Virginia public health officials have scolded Delegate Scott Cadle, R-Mason, for passing out samples of raw milk at the state Capitol to celebrate a new law that loosened raw milk regulations, but the state lawmaker won’t face any fines.
The raw milk episode sparked national media attention earlier this month after several West Virginia legislators and their staff members came down with a nasty intestinal virus. Some of them drank the unpasteurized milk. Cadle has insisted that nobody got sick from the milk, saying a stomach bug already had been circulating through the House of Delegates.
The state Bureau of Public Health is still investigating whether the raw milk caused a disease outbreak, but the agency recently issued Cadle a warning letter saying he broke state law.
“While it’s clear you violated West Virginia law by offering raw milk to the public, the bureau recognizes that this is your first offense,” said state Environmental Health Services Director Walter Ivey in a letter to Cadle.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160325/wv-lawmaker-wont-be-fined-for-distributing-raw-milk-at-capitol
West Virginia public health officials have scolded Delegate Scott Cadle, R-Mason, for passing out samples of raw milk at the state Capitol to celebrate a new law that loosened raw milk regulations, but the state lawmaker won’t face any fines.
The raw milk episode sparked national media attention earlier this month after several West Virginia legislators and their staff members came down with a nasty intestinal virus. Some of them drank the unpasteurized milk. Cadle has insisted that nobody got sick from the milk, saying a stomach bug already had been circulating through the House of Delegates.
The state Bureau of Public Health is still investigating whether the raw milk caused a disease outbreak, but the agency recently issued Cadle a warning letter saying he broke state law.
“While it’s clear you violated West Virginia law by offering raw milk to the public, the bureau recognizes that this is your first offense,” said state Environmental Health Services Director Walter Ivey in a letter to Cadle.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160325/wv-lawmaker-wont-be-fined-for-distributing-raw-milk-at-capitol