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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, says Meghan Davis ...
“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 ...
Raw milk is legal for retail sale within California, which is the nation’s largest dairy producer and has had over 500 herds infected with bird flu. Several states ban the sale of raw milk entirely.
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 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 the sale of raw milk for consumption. Raw milk makes up a small proportion of US general population milk consumption. [1]
The raw milk has to be packed before vending, with the necessary information (producer, shelf life, and special warnings) written on the product. The distribution license has stringent quality restrictions; as of 2012, just 80 farmers in Germany had a license. [51] Unpackaged raw milk may only be sold under specific conditions. It must:
The California Department of Public Health is warning about the presence of H5N1 avian virus (a.k.a. bird flu) in raw milk sold in the state. As a result, the company behind the milk—Raw Farm ...
The effort to loosen the reins on raw milk sales also goes against gold-standard public health guidance to pasteurize milk to prevent foodborne illness — a practice that took hold in the 1880s ...