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Stories are stories, science and logic are something else.
http://realmilk.com/documents/ResponsetoJohnSheehanTestimony.pdf

Oh, of course. I mean, they would never actually create laws or public policies that would put restrictions on unhealthy food, and would certainly never try to restrict the consumer access to certain foods!!

People that think that must be morons.

Unregulated food is illegal.

Example 1: Milk
http://www.realmilk.com/milk-laws-1.html

I buy my milk almost direct from the cow - at least, I get to pump the stuff from the tank at the dairy into my tanker. However, since I work in Australia, where dairy products have to be made from pasteurised milk, I am required to pasteurise it myself.

Canada too requires milk to be pasteurized, well at least some of the provinces do. In the US some states but not all require it, some allow raw milk. Since 1987, according to the above link, the FDA requires "milk sold and distributed between states for human consumption be pasteurized". However there is a raw milk movement in the US seeking to get rid of laws requiring pasteurization.

This is something I'm often asked about, especially by members of the Slowfood movement

A movement I support, even if only in spirit.

Every now and then, I get the occasional wanker who insists that a "real" cheese should be redolent of the barnyard.

I have used pasteurized milk to make cheese but I want to use raw milk when I next make some.

Falcon

I'm a big fan of raw (goat usually) milk in particular, tons of probiotics, enzymes, nutrients, etc... From a clean, well-regulated, preferebly low-density dairy, this stuff probably beats Activa 20 times over and is likely that much cheaper. Also for the paranoid folks worried about infection, etc.. some of the success stories describe state-regulated raw milk samples as being lower in pathogenic count than pasteurized samples. (too lazy to dig up reference, see link below for more info)

Check out http://www.realmilk.com/ for a rundown on raw unpasteurized milk for yourself. Cheers!

The lactase required to digest the milk is not only found in the body. Milk fresh from the cow contains lactase as well as other enzymes so the baby cow caw easily digest the milk and absorb the nutrients. Most people that are lactose intolerant would find that raw milk does not cause them any distress. The advent of pasteurization has destroyed many of the essential enzymes that are required by the body to digest the milk. Now food bourn bacteria is always an concern, but the whole pasteurization process was created because the conditions in which milk was produced back then were less than sanitary. Modern organic dairy farms have much cleaner facilities were the milking takes place and the equipment is kept sterile. This link is to an article that explains the benefits of raw milk. http://www.realmilk.com/raw.html

Learn how to pasteurize your own milk

Don't bother. Raw milk is safer.