Raw milk is more dangerous than ever. So why are sales surging?

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Considering I posted this in a political forum, it may come as no surprise

Raw milk is more dangerous than ever. So why are sales surging?

It has everything to do with Americans’ distrust in government.

www.vox.com

In April, science emerged suggesting H5N1 viral concentrations were extraordinarily high in the udders of infected cows, raising concerns that their milk could cause infections in humans. Many health experts breathed a sigh of relief when studies showed the virus is killed in milk that’s been pasteurized — that is, heated to kill invisible microbial pathogens.

Here’s the wild part: According to a recent report from the Associated Press, in the time since these announcements were made, weekly raw milk sales have gone up, not down — an increase of 65 percent compared to the same period last year.

 

[MT15]

Doo-doo milk is too cutesy with all due respect to Jamelle. Call it cow shirt milk.

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

Doo-doo milk is too cutesy with all due respect to Jamelle. Call it cow shirt milk.

Raw milk can not be both reliably safe and affordable at the same time.

 

[bird]

Doo-doo milk is too cutesy with all due respect to Jamelle. Call it cow shirt milk.

Forking dilettantes.

Social media influencer/personality. Husband who is heir to a multi-million dollar fortune which helps fund their lifestyle.

The American public is stupid on so many levels.

 

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FDA links raw cheese to outbreak; Makers "100% disagree," refuse recall

Of the seven illnesses identified so far, four are in children age 3 or younger.

arstechnica.com

 

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FDA links raw cheese to outbreak; Makers "100% disagree," refuse recall

Of the seven illnesses identified so far, four are in children age 3 or younger.

arstechnica.com

Well, they will get away with it. The FDA lost its teeth, and these idiots don’t care if people get sick, it looks like.

Well, this is the owner’s outlook, so now you know why. This is not the first time they have had this happen.

Raw Farm’s owner, Mark McAfee, is one of the most prominent raw milk advocates in the country and has counted anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. among his customers. In late 2024, McAfee provided Ars Technica documents saying that he “has been asked by the RFK transition team to apply for the position of ‘FDA advisor on Raw Milk Policy and Standards Development.’” But last July, McAfee had soured on Kennedy’s role and apparent retreat from promoting raw milk, saying Kennedy “doesn’t have the guts” to loosen federal regulations on raw milk.

 

[bird]

Well, they will get away with it. The FDA lost its teeth, and these idiots don’t care if people get sick, it looks like.

Well, this is the owner’s outlook, so now you know why. This is not the first time they have had this happen.

Raw Farm’s owner, Mark McAfee, is one of the most prominent raw milk advocates in the country and has counted anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. among his customers. In late 2024, McAfee provided Ars Technica documents saying that he “has been asked by the RFK transition team to apply for the position of ‘FDA advisor on Raw Milk Policy and Standards Development.’” But last July, McAfee had soured on Kennedy’s role and apparent retreat from promoting raw milk, saying Kennedy “doesn’t have the guts” to loosen federal regulations on raw milk.

Sue Raw Farm out of existence.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Sue Raw Farm out of existence.

And watch the trump admin getting involved.

 

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Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new disease outbreak— one of at least five in the past year — sickens U.S. children.

More than three dozen bills supporting raw milk have been introduced in statehouses across the nation, The Associated Press found. A growing number of states are making it legal to sell. Dairy farmers say they can barely keep it in stock, even though prices can exceed $10 or $20 a gallon.

Top government officials and internet influencers are helping drive this momentum. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downed shots of raw milk at the White House last May and previously promised to halt “aggressive suppression” of the product. On social media, posts about raw milk have surged in recent months, often touting unproven claims about its health benefits.

All of this alarms public health officials, who have long warned that unpasteurized milk can harbor risky germs. The current outbreak — tied to raw milk cheddar cheese from California-based Raw Farm — has sickened nine people with E. coli, half of them children younger than 5. One victim developed a serious complication that can impair kidney function for life.………

Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings

Proponents of raw milk are pushing to make the unpasteurized product more widely available and easy to obtain.

apnews.com

 

[TheMadcowtipper]

RFK jr so much damage to this country we are bringing back diseases we eradicated. Tell your kid Polio is just not a pool game.

 

[Maxp]

I say if idiots want to drink raw milk let them. Humans shouldn't be drinking any of it.