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Old 08-05-06 | 10:58 PM
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From your first site: "More than 300 people in the United States got sick from drinking raw milk or eating cheese made from raw milk in 2001, and nearly 200 became ill from these products in 2002, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Raw milk may harbor a host of disease-causing organisms (pathogens), such as the bacteria campylobacter, escherichia, listeria, salmonella, yersinia, and brucella. Common symptoms of foodborne illness from many of these types of bacteria include diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, headache, vomiting, and exhaustion."

A whole 300? My oh my... Of course I wonder how many got sick from eating "inspected food" while dining out. I've open my share of milk cartons and tried to pour out milk that came out in clumps.

If your animals are healthy, your practices clean, and your temperatures right I cannot see what the risks are. The above listed bacteria don't naturally occur in milk. They are contaminents.
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