Raw milk and health in humans
White, F.M.; McCarthy, M.E.
Canadian Medical Association Journal 126(11): 1260-1262
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4409 PMID: 7074446 Document Number: 194319
To illustrate the dangers associated with the consumption of raw milk, outbreaks of illness due to ingestion of unpasteurized cows' milk in Canada, America and the UK are quoted. Reasons why people drink raw milk in preference to pasteurized milk are given and changes which take place in milk due to pasteurization are discussed. It is suggested that physicians should notify their local health unit of any illness which may have resulted from ingestion of raw milk and, where appropriate, give patients accurate information about the differences between raw and pasteurized milk. Action by provincial medical associations is also advocated.