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What is raw milk? Raw milk is milk that has not gone through the pasteurization process, which is a key food safety step that applies heat in order to kill microorganisms that can cause disease ...
Raw milk fans—like RFK Jr.—say this unprocessed dairy product has health benefits. But food safety experts say that unpasteurized milk is dangerous to consume.
“Most commonly, bacteria in raw milk can cause vomiting, diarrhea (sometimes bloody), abdominal pain, fever, headache and body aches,” according to the New York State Department of Health ...
In recent years, raw milk has become more popular as wellness influencers and public figures such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have promoted drinking it and have even encouraged ...
The United States raw milk debate concerns issues of food safety and claimed health benefits of raw milk (unpasteurized and unhomogenized), and whether authorities responsible for regulating food safety should prohibit sale of raw milk for consumption. Raw milk makes up a small proportion of US general population milk consumption. [1]
Milk available in the market. Milk borne diseases are any diseases caused by consumption of milk or dairy products infected or contaminated by pathogens.Milk-borne diseases are one of the recurrent foodborne illnesses—between 1993 and 2012 over 120 outbreaks related to raw milk were recorded in the US with approximately 1,900 illnesses and 140 hospitalisations. [1]
The sale of raw milk cheese is permitted if the cheese has been aged for 60 days or more. [79] The FDA reports that, in 2002, consuming partially heated raw milk and raw milk products caused 200 Americans to become ill in some manner. [80] Most public health organizations, including the CDC, hold to the need for pasteurization. [81]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is an ardent supporter of raw milk; at the same time, as H5N1 circulates ...