The Dangers Of Dairy: Raw Vs. Pasteurized

Taking about raw milk stirs up a can of worms, with plenty of ideology governing opinions on all sides. My posting of Bill Marler's list of recent raw milk outbreaks elicited much heat and one appropriate question: how do raw milk outbreaks compare to outbreaks from pasteurized milk?

People must be asking Marler the same question, because he has just answered it. Outbreaks from pasteurized milk products do occur, but they are rare, especially because far more people drink Pasteurized than raw milk. Here is his summary table (PDF). He puts the supporting documentation on his Real Raw Milk Facts website.

And here is the CDC's Q and A on raw milk.

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