The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) joined with the National Milk Producers Federation to send letters opposing efforts in Illinois and New Hampshire
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It's an ongoing debate whether raw milk is safe for human consumption. Even though federal health officials warn against its consumption, grass roots movements are in full support of raw milk. While only about 1 percent of the U.S. population drinks raw milk, outbreaks have rapidly increased in the past few years giving federal health officials reason to update state health departments about the risks, but not without raw milk advocates contending such warnings.
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America's food police are patrolling and arresting suspicious French dairy products, which are either delicious cheese or a bacteria-laden menace. You decide.
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Rates of allergy and asthma have been on the rise in the industrialized world for the past 50 years. It's now so widespread that up to 50 percent of schoolchildren are sensitive to one or more common allergens.
Read moreWASHINGTON, DC-June 11, 2013 (GlobeNewswire)- Three quantitative microbial risk assessments (QMRAs) recently published in the Journal of Food Protection have demonstrated that unpasteurized milk is a low-risk food, contrary to previous,...
Read moreDespite studies showing that raw milk is safe, getting the laws changed to allow sales of milk is an uphill battle. But many states have already legalized the sale or raw milk in certain circumstances, and several more are working on laws to loosen regulations.
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