On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:04:06 -0600, Moe DeLoughan >
wrote:

>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.

Oh dear, where to start with what's wrong with this comment?

I suggest you do a LOT more research - and realise there are
vested/powerful interests that are against raw milk for their own
selfish reasons...