On 1/29/2013 1:09 PM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> Moe DeLoughan > wrote in
> :
>
>> Many of the outbreaks linked to dairy products involve
>> unpasteurized milk and cream
>
> Outbreaks of what? Satisfaction?
>
> You can buy unpasteurized cheese in Canada and there is no recorded
> outbreak of anything but satisfaction. The federal government
> dropped that nonsense after it was clearly demonstrated by Quebec
> fromageries that cheese from unpasteurized milk is harmless.
>

From the same article:

"A study published last year that looked at 13 years of outbreaks
linked to dairy products found that unpasteurized milk, cheese and
cream were 150 times more likely to cause food-borne illness outbreaks
than pasteurized dairy foods and that such outbreaks had a
hospitalization rate 13 times higher than those involving pasteurized
dairy products."

So, no. They're *not* safer than pasteurized dairy products - at least
not in the US. It's not at all surprising if you think about it - when
you consume raw dairy products, you're putting your health into the
hands of the individual running that particular farming operation.
That trust can and often is misplaced.