Swiss Cook to Serve Human Breast Milk Specialties
A gastronomist owning a restaurant in Switzerland raised concerns and controversy around the peaceful Alpine country by stating that he is going to serve meals cooked with human breast milk.
The man, who owns a restaurant called Storchen, located in the exclusive Winterthur resort, announced that he will enrich his menu with new meals, including meat stew and a wide gamma of soups that will include at least 75% of breast milk.
"We have all been raised on it. Why should we not include it into our diet?" said Hans Locher, now the most controversial restaurant owner in the small republic.
When the man posted this week ads that he seeks women donors, his announcement instantly attracted the German-speaking media. Mt Locher mentioned that he will pay 3 pounds for 14 ounces of human breast milk.
"I first experimented with breast milk when my daughter was born. One can cook really delicious things with it. However, it always needs to be mixed with a bit of whipped cream, in order to keep the consistency," he said.
The Swiss food control authorities seemed to be confused due to the fact that there is no legislation regarding the use of human breast milk. It is difficult to say whether the cook should be banned from serving his exclusive meals.
"Humans as producers of milk are simply not envisaged in the legislation. They are not on the list of approved species such as cows and sheep, but they are also not on the list of the banned species such as apes and primates," mentioned Rolf Etter of the Zurich food control laboratory.
Source: Telegraph
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//3 Sep 19, 2008 01:18 PM | posted by:
summer_rain [InfoSLAVE]
- Hmmm...i think that's ridiculous....why not use human meat in nutrition soon too????
There just are some things people should not interfere with...it has to do with nature- human breast milk is made only for babies. Now selling it for the purpose of cooking food from it is kind of against the ethics...i associate it with cloning, organ transplants and so on...It's as if human beings are finally becoming a source of prime material, aren't they??? - 1 votes
//2 Sep 18, 2008 08:06 AM | posted by:
JaiGuru [InfoTOT]
- (Edit: I should say I don't have a problem with the practice of using breast milk in the preparation of food but the notion doe snot sit well with me.)
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//1 Sep 18, 2008 08:00 AM | posted by: Matt - Alright...um, here's the thing: I don't claim to have any idea how the Swiss version of America's FDA works, admittedly not even being fully aware of how my country's system works, but wouldn't the statute covering primates include us? Human beings, being primates after all, are often not viewed as 'animals' by various groups in the world. BUt, at the end of the day, we are terrestrial fauna. Personally, I have no problem with the notion of using human breast milk in the preparation of food provided it has been properly sanitized to prevent infection as would be done with any other kind of milk in the developed world. (Though I wills ay the notion does not sit well with me psychologically...too close to the idea of consuming a human being itself, I suppose)
I just thought I would posit the question to see if anyone had more insight on how the legal tenet that should/does not apply to case works.
