Pasteurization eliminates bacteria from the substance heated to just below boiling, it does nothing to the substance after it is cooled and handled by others....
I feel and AM a lot safer drinking milk from a dairy where ALL the cows are tested and certified diesease free by a vet on a routine basis.
I feel and AM a lot safer drinking milk from a dairy that makes sure no contact is made with foreign cattle. (A closed herd with new members undergoing quarrantine and testing)
I feel and AM a lot safer drinking milk from a dairy where the milk is carefully screened for pathogens before bottling and sale.
For some reason "Raw Milk" makes the ignorant think someone sat on a stool and squirted the milk into a bottle and then sold it where nothing could be further from the truth.
This is what the FDA gives us in California now.
A chart shows how USDA cut back testing after WTO was created and addressed farming in1995.
Note the significant drop in testing!
Summary of Tuberculosis Surveillance in California Cattle
# of Cattle Tested........1995.....1996 .....1997.......1998......1999.. ...2000.......2001
By Health Officials....10,576....5,100.....2,861.. .. 3,530.....1,425. ...1,967.......2,500
By Private Vets..........15,921...17,100...19,930.. .18,189...22,863. .19,930.....19,587
at Slaughter.....................39..........58.........64...........39..........58..........64......... 385
Testing has been cut to one tenth what it used to be while Mexican Cattle with Tuberculosis are shipped live over the border with no testing.
Additionally, it is anticipated that both New Mexico and California will lose their TB “free” status in 2008, from AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN: FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2009-2013 PERIOD BY TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION
Excerpts from government publications about bovine tuberculosis
“For Mexican Feeder Cattle in Effect April 1, 2002... Dr. Logan. pointed out that, in the early l900s, nearly five percent of U.S. cattle
herds were infected with TB. Today, she said, the disease is extremely rare in U.S. herds. However, more TB-lesioned cattle are being detected at
slaughter, and ear tags indicate that many of these animals are of Mexican origin.” www.tahc.state.tx.us/news/pr/2002/302TBMx.pdf
“Cattle crossing facilities on the U.S. side of the border are operated primarily by private firms (in Arizona and Columbus, NM) and the Texas
Department of Agri- culture. However, at Santa Teresa, NM, Chihuahuan cattle producers operate both sides of the cattle port-of-entry”
www.ers.usda.gov/publications/Agoutlook/june2001/AO282d.pdf
“The high prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Mexican cattle was discussed. A multiagency investigation in New York city identified 35 cases of
human M. bovis infection. Fresh cheese from Mexico was identified as the likely source of infection” (Winters et al., 2005).
www.nzfsa.govt.nz/science/riskprofiles/FW0320_Mbovis_in_meat_final_May_2006.pdf
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“For Mexican Feeder Cattle in Effect April 1, 2002... Dr. Logan. pointed out that, in the early l900s, nearly five percent of U.S. cattle herds were infected with TB. Today, she said, the disease is extremely rare in U.S. herds. However, more TB-lesioned cattle are being detected at slaughter, and ear tags indicate that many of these animals are of Mexican origin.” www.tahc.state.tx.us/news/pr/2002/302TBMx.pdf
“Cattle crossing facilities on the U.S. side of the border are operated primarily by private firms (in Arizona and Columbus, NM) and the Texas Department of Agri- culture. However, at Santa Teresa, NM, Chihuahuan cattle producers operate both sides of the cattle port-of-entry”
www.ers.usda.gov/publications/Agoutlook/june2001/AO282d.pdf
“The high prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Mexican cattle was discussed. A multiagency investigation in New York city identified 35 cases of human M. bovis infection. Fresh cheese from Mexico was identified as the likely source of infection” (Winters et al., 2005). www.nzfsa.govt.nz/science/riskprofiles/FW0320_Mbovis_in_meat_final_May_2006.pdf
edit on 3-8-2011 by crimvelvet because: (no reason given)
...brain cells might just start to reproduce and we would be even more difficult to control without all the additives. I too
am one of those that can't drink processed milk...prefer Almond or Rice Milk. 
