I have a confession to make. I have drunk raw milk. Many times in fact. One of my favourite childhood memories is standing in the gutter and having my Grandfather or Aunt squirt milk directly from the cows teat into my mouth across a few feet. Unless I was a calf it would be pretty hard to get milk much rawer than that.
At the same time, I know enough about history to know that pasteurization came about for some very good reasons. People died, many of them children, from bad milk. Poor sanitary systems helped spread diseases like undulant fever, dysentery, salmonellosis, and tuberculosis. Health authorities moved towards enforced pasteurization to try to stop disease outbreaks and with the best intentions. And it worked. Current health authorities are acting out of a genuine concern for public safety.
Raw milk advocates support the consumption of unpasteurized milk for a variety of reasons, [...]
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- CANADA: Beating the scare drum – (The Province)
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- CANADA: Lets put in the effort to make raw milk safe – (Owen Sound Sun Times)
Editor:
In your editorial of Oct. 21 you say, “Anyone who doesn’t believe that pasteurization saves lives should speak to someone old enou...
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Thousands of Jersey Islanders were without their morning milk today because of fears of possible contamination.
The delivery of all of Jersey Dairys...
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In light of continuing allegations regarding the food safety implications of A1/A2 milk, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is to commissio...
- TORONTO: Education the answer to raw-milk cheese flap – (The Toronto Star)
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/419620
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Mike and Joyce Rushton, Southampton say,
I think it is about time that we wrote to you about raw milk (who checks the grammar on these things dp?)....
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While it’s easy to bash the lack ...
- MARLER BLOG: Raw milk pros: Review of the peer-reviewed literature – (Marler Blog)
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- FLORIDA: State seeks better restaurant records, more inspectors – (Orlando Sentinel)
The state of Florida is, according to this story, trying to make it easier for diners to check how clean their favorite restaurants are.
Inspection re...
- BLOG: Raw milk rally in DC – (Jacob Grier Blog)
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- US: The American Academy of Pediatrics warns against raw milk – (Marler Blog)
In the recent volume of AAP News is an article entitled, advis[ing] families against giving children unpasteurized [raw] milk. The article could n...
- Merkel calls for calmer debate on GMO crops – (Reuters)
HAMBURG — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday warned against too much immediate hostility to crops containing genetically-modified organis...
- Monday raw milk rally planned – (The Sentinel)
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- The revolution will not be pasteurized: Inside the raw-milk underground – (Harper’s Magazine)
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/04/0081992
The process of heating milk to kill bacteria has been common for nearly a century, and selling unpasteu...
- NEW ZEALAND: Delay in study findings on A2 milk – (The Press)
Advocates of A2 milk will have to wait a little longer to see if an international milk-safety study supports their views.
The European Food Safety Aut...
- Leadership, Accountability and the Media
By John E. Carey
September 5, 2007
I became a believer in the “freedom of the press” and the great importance the media plays in good government a...
- CANADA: Put out to pasteurize – (The Gazette)
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=8cc598a9-22f1-42af-a4c0-40627d9de57b
Carol Vachon, described as Quebec’s best-known cru...
- Raw milk cons: Review of the peer-reviewed literature – (Marler Blog)
A summary of the peer-reviewed literature relating to the pros of raw milk consumption was posted earlier this month. What about the cons? The...
