WASHINGTON, D.C.: Raw milk: Public health enemy or nature’s gift? - (EHA Consulting Group, Inc.)
January 25, 2008 – 4:45 pmWASHINGTON, DC — The past several years have witnessed increasing debate, regulation and outbreaks of food borne disease (http://www.ehagroup.com/epidemiology/illnesses/) due to raw or unpasteurized milk. Proponents of raw milk tout health benefits that they claim are not possible when milk has been pasteurized — a process of heating the milk to 161°F for 15-20 seconds, which kills many bacteria that are present in the raw milk. These organisms include Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, E.coli O157:H7 and other E. coli, as well as Campylobacter jejuni, just to name a few.
“Significant Risks” Associated with Raw Milk Consumption
The public health community has been united in stating that consumption of raw milk is not healthful, but, in fact, is harmful. This matter has been litigated and, in the matter of Public Citizen vs. Heckler in 1986, the Federal District Court concluded that the record presents “overwhelming evidence of the risks associated with the consumption of […]
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