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(33,594 posts)and prudent.
zzaapp
(531 posts)Lionessa
(3,894 posts)No one is stopping the cow owner from drinking raw milk, only from selling it, and that may not be a bad thing. Pasteurization started for a reason, TB was it?
Archae
(46,338 posts)"Raw milk" doesn't have any special properties pasteurized milk has.
Except one:
Far more of a chance of catching something particularly nasty from raw milk, like E. Coli or salmonella.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Warpy
(111,292 posts)so if you want your daily bacteria, go buy a cow, slacker.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Like a dressage horse LLC, perhaps.
Warpy
(111,292 posts)It's a public health issue. You want raw milk, get a cow and put up with all the work that goes with her.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)turned suburban, and there are a few cows living within blocks of our house.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Eighty people in four states got sick with Campylobacter from milk at the Family Cow dairy in January - February this year.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)frogmarch
(12,156 posts)Got Bacteria?
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Their Asiago is wonderful.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)but being lactose intolerant the raw thing did not go over any better than store bought.
As others say raw milk is not illegal. Selling it is. I can live with that.
Robyn66
(1,675 posts)Listeria can be found in soil, which can lead to vegetable contamination. Animals can also be carriers. Listeria has been found in uncooked meats, uncooked vegetables, fruit such as cantaloupes, pasteurized or unpasteurized milk, foods made from milk, and processed foods. Pasteurization and sufficient cooking kill Listeria; however, contamination may occur after cooking and before packaging. For example, meat-processing plants producing ready-to-eat foods, such as hot dogs and deli meats, must follow extensive sanitation policies and procedures to prevent Listeria contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is commonly found in soil, stream water, sewage, plants, and food. Listeria is responsible for listeriosis, a rare but potentially lethal food-borne infection. The case fatality rate for those with a severe form of infection may approach 25%. (Salmonella, in comparison, has a mortality rate estimated at less than 1%.) Although Listeria monocytogenes has low infectivity, it is hardy and can grow in temperatures from 4 °C (39.2 °F) (the temperature of a refrigerator), to 37 °C (98.6 °F), (the body's internal temperature). Listeriosis is a serious illness, and the disease may manifest as meningitis, or affect newborns due to its ability to penetrate the endothelial layer of the placenta.
SO worth it
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)because it kills people.
You can still buy your own cow and drink straight from the teat if you like.
/I do think it should be legal, but with warnings and the consumer assumes all liability for you know, dying.