FDA and CDC recommend pasteurization for all milk consumed in the United States, since heating kills salmonella, E. coli and listeria while altering only a few vitamins insignificantly. FDA rejects the claim that raw milk and its cheeses and yogurts are more nutritious.
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Raw (Unpasteurized) Milk
A public health explainer warning that unpasteurized milk can carry bacteria, viruses and parasites that cause serious illness. Pasteurization kills the disease-causing germs, which otherwise leave no change in how milk looks, tastes or smells.
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The War Over Raw Milk Heats Up
Raw milk drinkers and sellers sued the FDA in early 2010, calling its ban on interstate sales unconstitutional, and the case is pending as raids on small dairies and buying clubs continue. Mercola argues the enforcement is out of proportion to the illnesses raw milk causes.
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The Despicable Reason Behind Raw Milk Bans
Dr. Mercola and author David Gumpert argue that crackdowns on raw milk, including proposed Massachusetts rules banning off-farm sales, are about protecting dairy markets rather than safety. They note three 2007 Listeriosis deaths there from pasteurized milk and none from raw milk.
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Raw milk linked to salmonella infections
Utah health officials traced 10 Salmonella Newport infections between late April and early June 2010 to unpasteurized milk sold at one dairy's two stores. One patient was hospitalized, all isolates matched by PFGE, and cultures of milk stored from the outbreak period also yielded S. Newport.
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