Dr. Robert Tauxe of the
Centers for Disease Control and prevention said, "Restricting the sale of raw
milk products is likely to reduce the number of outbreaks and can help keep
people healthier." The 13 year review concluded that 200 out of 239
hospitalizations during the study stemmed from cases of raw milk. No distinction
was made between raw milk and certified raw milk in the report. The FDA and CDC
said that pasteurized milk has all the same benefits as unpasteurized dairy.
This assertion is based upon a 1907 study in which 20 government experts
reported that raw milk posed a danger and that pasteurization does not change
the chemical composition, taste, digestibility or nutritive qualities of milk.
These "facts" have been repeated in government and medical literature for over
100 years.
The whole issue was
triggered when the FDA sued to shut down an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania who
sold raw milk to eager customers in the Washington area. The farmer said he
would shut down entirely rather than fight the regulators after a judge ruled
against the farmer.
Mark McAfee, founder of the Fresno, California based Organic Pastures Dairy lead
a protest in front of the FDA to protest their action against the use of raw
milk. He has been subject to government harassment himself. If the name sounds
familiar, you might be interested in knowing that our family lived in the Fresno
area for years and we are probably related.Follow this link to
the informative Organic Pastures web site.
References:
Dinan, Stephen, Feds:
Fresh milk 150 times more dangerous than pasteurized dairy, The Washington
Times, Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
Schmid, Ron, The Untold Story of Milk,
Washington D.C.: New Trends Publishing, 2007, 57-58.
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