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Article: A Boost For Raw Milk Products
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- Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- July 18, 2008
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Raw milk is either bad for you or good for you, depending on whom
you talk to.
To state and federal regulators, raw or unpasteurized milk is a
dangerous product that should not be consumed by anyone at any time.
To natural-food devotees, raw milk's beneficial microbes have
almost mystical powers that can be used to treat everything from
asthma to autism.
Roughly half the states, including Pennsylvania, allow the
consumption of raw-milk products. The remainder prohibit the sale of
raw milk, and the federal Food and Drug Administration bans cross-
border sales of raw-milk products.
Whatever the health effects, raw milk is in greater demand today
as consumers, in general, have become more ...