FDA Says Raw Milk Is Not Worth Risk of Contamination
July 21st, 2010 - 2:20 am ICT by Angela Kaye MasonJuly 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Raw milk contains too much harmful bacteria, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , such as E coli and salmonella which makes the possible benefits of drinking it not worth the risks of harm to those who ingest it.
Although these types of bacteria can cause people to become very sick, and has even been reported to have caused death in some cases, many Americans feel that the risks are worth it. Many raw milk advocates visit dairy farms in order to get their own raw milk, and have been known to pay up to 10 dollars a gallon.
Still others have purchased goats or their own cattle in order to have their own raw milk, since it has been banned by the FDA. The advocates scoff at the ban, and say that if people can buy alcohol, fast food, and cigarettes, then a ban on raw milk is silly.
Clean, raw milk which came from cows which had only been fed grass was once considered to be a medicine during the early part of the last century. It was considered a kind of “stem cell food” when it came straight from the cow. According to history, people have used it since the time of Hippocrates until after World War II and it was often called “white blood”, which nourished many people.
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