Almond Pasteurization to be manditory! (and unlabled)

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This is really unbelievable.

I go through such pains to find raw cheeses, now this!

Everyone, pleas write to the almond board -1

2- Please forward this information, or a summary to everyone you

know, and all the groups you belong too

 

Pasteurized almonds don't taste like almonds. They are partially

cooked and loose that intangible almond extract fragrance. They are

also not as moist and creamy inside. Just try flash heating them

yourself and see the difference. Also, heating damages the healthy

fats. Its fine to toast almonds lightly yourself before baking with

them, but if you let cooked/pasteurized almonds sit on the shelf,

they start to go rancid.

 

I have a few questions: Does this affect both shelled and unshelled

almonds? Will we be able to get unpasteurized real almonds from other

countries?

 

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Matt Di Clemente

 

GA_WPF , " Lynn " <lyn122 wrote:

>

> MANDATORY ALMOND PASTEURIZATION

>

> All Almonds will be Pasteurized starting 2007!

>

> No label allowing " truly raw almonds "

>

> Almonds labeled as " Raw Almonds " will still have been pasteurized!

>

> A big lie and fraud!! You are about to be denied your food freedom

> choices!

>

> Did you know that starting in the fall of 2007, truly raw almonds

will

> not be available in the USA or Canada? See link below for the

> pasteurization plan.

>

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> The FDA, USDA and the California Almond Board has developed a

marketing

> order which mandates that all almonds must be pasteurized. This came

> about because " two outbreaks of salmonella, associated with

> conventional farms several years ago " . Industry has now overreacted

in

> grand fashion and they do not even know it yet.

>

> No outbreaks have been associated with raw organic almonds to date

that

> we are aware of.

>

> This has everything to do with lack of biodiversity and the sterile

> farming methods used on conventional farms. On these farms few

weeds or

> grasses grow on the floors and little sunlight reaches the floors.

To

> the contrary, Organic farms support and encourage biodiversity with

> green floors in the orchards and this discourages pathogen growth.

> Unfortunately, organic almonds are shelled and bagged on the same

> production facilities as conventional and are being subjected to the

> same rules.

>

> There is an even bigger issue. The FDA has decided not to tell the

> consumer the truth about this processing step. The almonds you will

buy

> in Wholefoods this fall may still say " raw almonds but they will

have

> been subjected to high heat and a five log kill step...that they are

> calling Pasteurization " . This lie is being permitted by the

marketing

> order!!

>

> The FDA in association with the USDA and the Almond Board is in fact

> denying you the information required to make informed choices when

you

> buy food. You will not be able to identify a pasteurized almond

from a

> truly raw whole, enzyme rich, unprocessed almond.

>

> The almond board claims that the almonds will still sprout ( still

some

> life in them ) and that the flavor does not change. But yet no

research

> has been performed to see what kind of opportunistic bacteria will

take

> over when the almond has been sterilized. It is not a whole natural

food

> anymore. It will now be a processed food. Millions of dollars are

being

> invested to install expensive pasteurization machines in all Almond

> plants in order to follow this " sterile foods are better foods

edict " .

>

> Demand that your source of organic raw almonds be exempted from this

> short sighted food safety debacle.

>

> Demand that a label be permitted that identifies " truly raw

almonds " and

> if required even put a warning label on them. Also demand that

> pasteurized almonds be identified as well. It seems that every time

a

> government warning is applied to a food, that in itself becomes a

> certification that that is the food you should eat.

>

> It is very clear that the FDA does not understand the origins of the

> massive immune depression epidemic in America. A sterilized diet

makes

> for a weakened immune system. FDA website

> http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/795_antibio.html

> <http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/795_antibio.html> explains

antibiotic

> resistance quite well, but ignorantly and blindly never mentions

> pro-biotics which prevent disease and infections. Whole unprocessed

> living foods are in this category of foods.

>

> Weakened immune systems are associated directly with cancer,

> osteoporosis, asthma, allergies, Crohns, IBS, Colitis, GERD, chronic

> disease ,infections, antibiotic use and resistance and human death,

> Ulcers and the list goes on and on.

>

> Raw almonds are a wonder food just as they are. Let consumers make

the

> informed choice and be responsible for the consequences.

>

> The almond farmers do not even know what they have been led into by

the

> FDA. This consumer choice option will surely increase almond sales.

>

> Denial of a choice will be a marketing disaster.

>

> Freedom is lost gradually... bit by bit and bite by bite... with the

> great assistance of passive unconscious in activism and sheepish.

>

> You are conscious and aware of this path. Lets fight today and send

a

> message. We must have unprocessed food choices.

>

> These are the people to contact....please fax, call or email them

and

> demand:

> 1. A true almond label that states clearly that " almonds have

been

> pasteurized "

> 2. A second consumer choice label that warns that the " almonds

are

> raw and unprocessed " .

> 3. That you will not tolerate the pasteurization of your almonds

and

> having them still labeled as a " raw almond " . That this is a fraud

and a

> lie.

> 4. Tell them that the proposed marketing order denies consumers

of

> freedom to identify and choose whole unprocessed foods.

>

> Marketing Committee Members

> Scott Hunter, Chairman

> Hunter Farms

> 12237 Rose Avenue

> Livingston, CA 95334

> Work: (209) 564-9991

> Fax: (209) 394-8007

> Email: scotthunter

>

> Dan Cummings, Vice Chairman

> Cummings-Violich, Inc.

> 1750 Dayton Road

> Chico, CA 95928

> Work: (530) 894-5494

> Fax: (530) 891-4946

> E-mail: dcummings

>

> Stacey Humble, Associate Director, Global Marketing

> www.shumble@...

>

> John O'Shaughnessy

> Blue Diamond Growers

> 1802 C Street

> Sacramento, CA 95814

> Work: (916) 446-8576

> Fax: (916) 446-8461

> Email: joshaughnessy

>

> Susan Brauner

> Blue Diamond Growers

> 1802 C Street

> Sacramento, CA 95814

> Work: (916) 446-8354

> Fax: (916) 325-2880

> E-mail: sbrauner

>

>

>

> Board of Directors of the California Almond Board

>

> Chairman David Phippen

> 13909 Leroy Ave.

> Ripon, CA 95366 (209) 599-6111 (209) 599-4008 fax

>

> Vice Chair Doug Youngdahl

> Blue Diamond Growers P.O. Box 1768

> Sacramento, CA 95812 (916) 446-8595 (916) 329-3320 fax

>

> Member Susan Brauner

> Blue Diamond Growers P.O. Box 1768

> Sacramento, CA 95812 (916) 446-8354 (916) 325-2880 fax

>

> Member Wil Hunter

> Hunter Farms 1621 N. Lincoln

> Livingston, CA 95334 (209) 277-5840 (209) 394-8007 fax

>

> Member Christine Long

> Hilltop Ranch, Inc. 13890 Looney Rd.

> Ballico, CA 95303 (209) 874-1875 (209) 874-1877 fax

>

> Member Mike Mason

> Panoche Creek Packing 15810 Arabella Ave.

> Bakersfield, CA 93312 (661) 746-7877 (661) 746-7875 fax

>

> Member Dean Nelson

> Sierra Valley Almonds, LLC 12800 W. Shields Ave. Kerman, CA

93630

> (559) 280-2148 (559) 843-9010 fax

>

> Member Dan Cummings

> Cummings-Violich, Inc. 1750 Dayton Road

> Chico, CA 95928 (530) 894-5494 (530) 891-4946 fax

>

> Member Rick Kindle

> Gold Hills Nut Co., Inc. 11805 Newport Rd.

> Ballico, CA 95303 (209) 634-2022 (209) 634-0407 fax

>

> Member Doug Wells 16508 W. River Rd.

> Livingston, CA 95334 (209) 394-7246

>