Article ID: CBB001180782

Politics, pasteurization and the naturalizing myth of pure milk in 1920's St. John, New Brunswick (2008)

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Jenkins, Jane (Author)


Acadiensis
Volume: 37, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 86-105

Description The controversy over milk pasteurization in Saint John during the 1925 New Brunswick election mirrored wider debates over the place of government in citizens' lives as well as the role of science and technology in maintaining a viable dairy industry. Fought on these political and economic grounds, the debate centred on what constituted "natural" milk. While most farmers opposed pasteurization as too expensive, their acceptance of other technological and scientific alternatives to pasteurization, which focused on improving cow and barn hygiene, reveal that farmers did not oppose modernizing or progressive reforms. (Abstract from: http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/11150)


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Authors & Contributors
Nielsen, Hanne E.F.
Velmet, Aro
Elizabeth Leane
Balestra, Alessandra Maria
Thorley, Virginia
Jenkins, Jane
Concepts
Dairy industry
Public health
Pasteurization
Cattle
Agriculture
Food science; food technology
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
New Brunswick (Canada)
United States
Canada
Italy
France
Miramichi River Region
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