States With Raw-Milk Sales Have More Outbreaks, Study Shows
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States that allow raw milk sales have more than twice as many dairy-related disease outbreaks as states with prohibitions on such unpasteurized products, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study showed.
The rate of incidents caused by raw milk, cheese and yogurt was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pasteurized milk, according to the Atlanta-based CDC’s study, published today in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. The 13-year review examined outbreaks from 1993 to 2006 in all 50 U.S. states.