Feds sting Amish farmer selling raw milk locally

[rjmacs]

haikuman wrote:
I think more people die in Auto accidents and from drinking Alcohol than raw milk. I am just guessing.
I bet using white sugar and white flour and white rice are very unhealthy also and relate to hypertension, diabetes and other maladies. I must say I am rather ignorant about these epidemics you have cited relating to Raw Milk .... *(:>* I drank Raw milk from the Alta Dena Dairy from early childhood. The dairy was just miles from my home.

Salmonella has been found in lettuce and other ag. products me thinks *(:>* ~!~

You might find this an interesting read:
http://www.realmilk.com/untoldstory_2.html

I'm quite sure you're right about the relative deaths caused by auto accidents, alcohol, hypertension, and diabetes, Rudie. But the argument about pasteurization is about simple actions that can be taken to prevent illness. E. coli, salmonella, listeria, and other bacteria can be effectively controlled in the milk supply by pasteurization, according to the CDC and FDA, and despite reading the page you linked to, i don't see convincing evidence to the contrary.

Here's a CDC link with a lot of information about raw milk: CDC Raw Milk Q&A

If there were an easy and affordable way to pasteurize the risk out of cars and trucks, the toxicity out of alcohol, or the blood-pressure and insulin-depleting effects out of salt, fat, and sugar, then the phenomena would be comparable. Food-borne illness is a real problem. I agree with the page you linked in that we inadequately screen meat and some vegetables for dangerous microorganisms; there should be fewer cases of e. coli and salmonella from beef, chicken, and produce. But we shouldn't eliminate hygiene requirements and testing so that consumers can have choice about whether to risk buying hamburger or lettuce that might be pathogenic.