[jambutty]

The government is proposing that consumers switch to UHT milk as part of a strategy to ensure that 90 per cent of milk on sale will not require refrigeration by 2020, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Yet another CRACKPOT suggestion from this illustrious (not) government where no one seems to have thought things through.

I doubt if there is one single household in the UK that has a fridge solely for keeping the milk cold and fresh. So banging a few bottles in the fridge when it gets delivered or brought home isn’t going to make the fridge work any harder, consume more electricity and increase the house’s carbon footprint.

As I understand it once a carton/bottle of UHT milk has been opened you have to keep the rest in the fridge anyway otherwise it will go off.

Has anyone paid attention to the extra processing costs in producing 90% of the milk as UHT milk? Unlikely but why let facts get in the way of a CRACKPOT idea?

I believe that the UK imports 70% of the milk used in the UK, mainly from France. What milk do the French use more than any other? It wouldn’t be UHT by any chance would it? Of course it is!

This CRACKPOT (such a nice word to describe some government initiatives) suggestion is yet another example of the smarmy and sneaky ways the government is trying to integrate the UK with the continent so that when they execute their “coup de grâce” it will be a done deal.

Homogenized milk is bad enough but UHT is an abomination.

Leave real milk alone.