Sharinne Sukhnanand writes to respond to your article entitled “Dairy Dilema” published on 10/31/07 about raw milk. It is unfortunate that one of our local farms is implicated in a conflict with the State, especially since raw milk is legal in New York and regulatory offficials are working hard to ensure the safety of the public.
Raw milk, like sushi and meat cooked “rare”, is a product that has foodborne illness risks. The Centers for Disease Control reported that between 1998 and 2005 there were 45 outbreaks, including 1007 illnesses and 2 deaths due to drinking raw milk. Most cases, however, go unreported. The most at risk for getting sick from drinking raw milk are people with weakened immune systems, such as the elderly, children, and those with chronic ailments. For these groups, it is recommended that they not consume raw milk, or that they home pasteurize the milk. Unfortunately, [...]
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http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=22565
- Get squeamish? – (New York Times blog)
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/get-squeamish/index.html?hp
I hope youve finished eating your cereal this morning, because this st...
- NEW YORK: State locks up raw milk at Lodi dairy: Where raw milk distributed appears to be at issue – (The Ithaca Journal)
Lodi — Sensing a growing interest in raw milk, Steve and Barbara Smith of Smith Road, according to this story, closed their Meadowsweet Yogurt C...
- US: Scientists challenge industry in escalating rBST label row – (Truth About Trade and Technology)
http://www.truthabouttrade.org/content/view/11387/54/
Sixty-six university dairy and veterinary scientists launched a broad attack Monday against milk...
- CALIFORNIA: Raw milk may soon be toast – (Ventura County Star)
Jim Burket writes in this letter to the editor that there are two dairies in California that produce raw milk. They are Organic Pastures Dairy, locate...
- NEW YORK: Carbon hoofprint: Cows supplemented with rbST reduce agriculture’s environmental impact – (Cornell University Communications)
ITHACA, N.Y. — Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource p...
- US: Raw vs pasteurized milk – (Los Angeles Times)
Re “The Raw Milk Factor,” [March 2]. My parents were ahead of their time in supporting Alta Dena Dairy. I enjoyed their raw milk growing u...
- 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...
- CANADA: Let farmer produce raw milk so this nectar can be enjoyed by all – (Owen Sound Sun Times)
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?)....
- ONTARIO: It is up to individual to purchase raw milk – (Owen Sound Sun Times)
Pearl Oliver of Priceville writes that with great interest most farmers and former farmers want to know what is so terribly wrong with drinking raw co...
- ONTARIO: Raw milk advocates rally around Schmidt – (Owen Sound Sun Times)
Raw milk advocates have rallied around Durham-area Michael Schmidt as he stands trial for distributing unpasteurized milk in Ontario and pushes to cha...
- CANADA: Lack of political leadership on raw milk will not make the problem go away – (Woodstock Sentinel Review)
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...
- CANADA: Raw milk has its pros and cons – (TheStar.com)
Re:`We will continue’ farmer vows after raw-milk conviction, Oct. 21
What our government is doing to dairy farmer Michael Schmidt is both fright...
- LETTER: Just say no to raw milk – (Globe and Mail)
Rosana Pellizzari, the medical officer of health for Peterborough, Ont., writes regarding, The Right To Rawness (editorial, Aug. 4) to say that the pa...
- LOS ANGELES: A-list dining in L.A. County makes the grade – (Los Angeles Times)
Curry Mendes moved to Los Angeles last week from New York, where he had picked restaurants based on word of mouth and Zagat reviews.
But he quickly le...
- CONNECTICUT: Making their case for raw milk – (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/24milkct.html?_r=2&ref=nyregionspecial2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
On a cold Janu...
- CALIFORNIA: The raw milk debate rages on – (Los Angeles Times)
More and more consumers are forgoing standard milk in favor of “raw” milk, milk that’s unpasteurized and unhomogenized, essentially ...
- NEW ZEALAND: Caution urged on use of untreated milk for cheese – (Otago Daily Times)
Any relaxation of regulations over the use of raw milk in cheesemaking will need to ensure standards apply equally to all cheesemakers, two Otago prod...
- ITALY seizes shipment of melamine-contaminated Chinese milk – (The Epoch Times)
MILAN — About a tonne of smuggled Chinese powdered milk seized in the Italian city of Naples is likely to be contaminated with the industrial ch...
- CALIFORNIA: Residents find ways around raw milk ban – (Times-Standard)
Of all the illicit substances changing hands in Humboldt County, milk is not one most people worry about.
But the sale of raw milk — that is, un...
- Raw Milk and some food logic
I’ve been reading the book The Untold Story of Milk by Ron Schmid. It’s a long book and deals with many issues that tie into raw milk. If...
