Like most uncooked, unpasteurized, and unwashed foods, raw milk can be a vehicle for pathogens such as E.coli, salmonella, tuberculosis and listeria. Listeriosis is especially high risk for pregnant women. Many people across Canada including people in British Columbia, have become violently ill as a result of drinking raw milk. While many of these cases occurred before Canada's legislation prohibiting the sale or distribution of raw milk in 1991, we are unfortunately still finding cases of serious illness today related to drinking raw milk (1). This could be prevented through the simple process of pasteurization, just as one would wash vegetables and fruits, or cook meat to an appropriate temperature to reduce the risk of illness from pathogens.

(1) Kansas State University, Raw Milk Outbreak Summary, International Food Safety Network. Online at http://www.bccdc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/645E77BA-C73C-49DD-BCA5-8FCFD440A590/0/RawMilkOutbreakTable2000_2009Web.pdf accessed March 15, 2010.

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