Raw Cantaloupe, Raw Milk

This story is interesting. A lot of people got sick form contaminated cantaloupe. 72 people got sick and 16 died.

The contamination was traced back to one large farm, Jensen Farms.

Shouldn't there be any liability for the farm? If 16 people died, and a wrongful death claim is $5M+, then there should be liability of $80M+. Even if there is a lawsuit, damages probably won't fall on the executives and workers.

When you have a large factory farm, and there's contamination, many people get sick.

When you have small local farms, any contamination affects fewer people.

To prevent contamination on large farms, regulations are passed. In practice, these regulations are a regressive tax on small farmers. This encourages abuse by large factory farms.

That is very interesting. More people have gotten sick from cantaloupe poisoning than from raw milk. However, State thugs are very eager to crack down on raw milk sellers and buyers.