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“Public health experts are sounding the alarm about online content creators
sharing misinformation about raw milk and spruiking it as a health food.
It is illegal to sell raw or unpasteurised milk for human consumption in
Australia because it may contain harmful pathogens.
Pasteurisation is a specific heat treatment process used to kill bacteria such
as
E.coli, salmonella and listeria.
In the US state of Florida, 21 people became sick from campylobacter and
E.coli and seven were hospitalised in August, after consuming raw milk from
the same dairy.
The state's health department issued a statement warning people about
concerning sanitation practices at the farm, and of the potentially severe
illness that could occur as a result of consuming unpasteurised milk.
In 2014, a coroner found raw milk the "likely" cause of the death of a
three-year-old boy in Victoria, although that finding has been contested by raw
milk advocates.
In that case, the child had consumed raw milk sold as "bath milk".
Bath milk is labelled "not for human consumption" and is stocked in health food
stores and independent grocers across Australia.
Adam Strupek runs wellness retreats in Brisbane, and purchases bath milk for
consumption.
"It is illegal to sell raw milk for human consumption, but it's not illegal to
drink the bath milk itself," Mr Strupek said.
He was fed raw dairy as a child and rediscovered it on social media as an
adult.”
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
