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Several families offered to share their stories on video to help raise awareness about the potential risks and negative effects on health from drinking contaminated raw milk. More about their experiences can be found on the Real Life Stories page.

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Chris Martin, developed an E. coli O157:H7 infection in September 2006 after drinking raw milk.
Mari Tardiff became ill with a Campylobacter infection after drinking raw milk in 2008.
Nicole Riggs developed an E. coli O157:H7 infection after drinking raw milk in May 2008.
Kalee Prue, a 27-year-old mother of one, became infected with E. coli O157:NM in June 2008.
Larry Pedersen had just turned one year old when he suffered an E. coli O157:H7 infection in 2008.

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Twin Rivers Farm Raw Milk (“Possibly”) Linked to Brucella Illness

Bill Marler, writes at Food Poison Journal a response to David Gumpert from The Complete Patient who questioned a state investigation of a Brucella illness possibly linked to a Twin Rivers Farm raw milk dairy. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a consumer alert on Friday after learning that a local farm’s raw milk could be contaminated with Brucella. Brucellosis, also called Bang’s disease, Crimean fever, Gibraltar fever, Malta fever, Maltese fever, Mediterranean fever, rock fever, or undulant fever, is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or meat from infected animals or close contact with their secretions.

IDFA Commends Actions to Deter Human Consumption Of Raw Milk

The International Dairy Foods Association commented on the White House repsone to a petition asking to relax federal restrictions on interstate raw milk sales, and a raw milk bill in New Jersey. The Association says these two recent actions, one at the state level and another at the federal level, underscored the importance of pasteurization for milk sold to consumers and helped to protect the dairy industry’s strong food-safety record.

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What are the real benefits and risks of drinking raw milk?

A group of scientists gathered together and compiled the best available information about raw milk to provide consumers with a better understanding of key health and safety issues associated with the consumption of unpasteurized dairy products.

Real Raw Milk Facts provides information about key topics such as how the food safety track record of raw milk compares with that of pasteurized milk and whether raw milk from grass-fed cows and goats on pasture is safer than milk from animals raised on grain. It also answers questions like, “Is raw milk a probiotic food?” and “Are raw milk cheeses safe?”

The answers to these and more questions can be found in the Hot Topics section of this site.

“People should be able to buy raw milk if they want to, but we shouldn’t turn a blind eye to some of the food safety concerns.”

Michael Pollan, Author
The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Seattle Times, March 2010

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