I recently discovered a "War on Raw Milk" article from 1944!

My Grandfather directed a field hospital in #England during #WWII. He kept a scrapbook and inside was this gem...

"An Opponent of Pasteurisation", Lawrence P. Garrod, Country Life, September 29, 1944

The arguments made are so similar to those of #RFK Jr it is remarkable. No change over time. The same old lies!

The risks of drinking raw milk are minimal. #Lie

The benefits of raw milk outweigh the risks. #Lie

Infections are good for children overall, even if some die. #Lie

The public health establishment is preventing people from being healthy. #Lie

https://richard.mdpaths.com/medicine/rfk_pasteurisation_controversy/index.html

#RawMilk #Pasteurization

#USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic #AvianInfluenza in #DairyHerd in #Nebraska

Milk Supply Safe; Considered Low Risk to Human Health and Safety

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WASHINGTON, D.C., September 15, 2025— "Today, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed a detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (#HPAI) #H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13 in a dairy cattle herd in Nebraska. This confirmation was a result of State tracing and investigation, following an initial detection from pre-movement surveillance milk samples required under USDA’s April 2024 Federal Order.

This marks the first known case of HPAI in cattle in Nebraska. While dairy cattle in a total of 17 states have been infected since the start of the outbreak in March 2024, APHIS has seen cases in only a small number of states this year. APHIS is working closely with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture to conduct additional on-farm investigation, testing, and gathering of additional epidemiological information to better understand this detection and limit further disease spread.

The detection does not change USDA’s HPAI eradication strategy. Biosecurity is still key to mitigate the risk of disease introduction or spread between premises; APHIS recommends enhanced #biosecurity measures for all dairy farms, particularly as we enter fall migratory bird season. Producers should immediately report any livestock with clinical signs, or any unusual sick or dead wildlife, to their state veterinarian.

There is no concern that this circumstance poses a risk to consumer health, or that it affects the safety of the commercial milk supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confident that #pasteurization is effective at inactivating H5N1, and that the commercial, pasteurized milk supply is safe. Dairies are required to send only milk from healthy animals into processing for human consumption; milk from impacted animals is being diverted from the commercial milk tank or destroyed so that it does not enter the human food supply.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), H5N1 viruses circulating in birds and U.S. dairy cattle are believed to pose a low risk to the general public in the United States. However, people who have job-related or recreational exposures to infected birds or mammals are at higher risk of infection and should take appropriate precautions outlined in CDC guidance."

Source:
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-confirms-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-dairy-herd-nebraska

#HPAINews #AnimalHealth #FoodSafety #RawMilk #PasteurizedMilk #BirdFlu #DairyHerds

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory, 1885.

Image: Wellcome Collection -- Public domain.

#LouisPasteur #Microbiology #Science #PublicHealth #Food #Pasteurization #France #History

Steak & Raw Milk? - James McCann on Joe Rogan

#rawmilk #health #foodsafety #pasteurization

Pasteurization, and even exposure to lower (but elevated) temperatures completely inactivates the bird flu virus in raw milk.

Summary (with citations to two original papers): https://phys.org/news/2025-04-avian-flu-raw-broadly-sensitive.html

#Science #Health #BirdFlu #H5N1 #Milk #RawMilk #Pasteurization

Dear fellow US Americans - as our food supply is becoming increasingly unsafe, start learning about pasteurization if you weren't already familiar with it. Also fermentation/pickling.

Talk to your neighbors if you know they already do these things.

#USA #foodSafety #pasteurization

A sequel to the Raw and the Cooked: We're Cooked

"#Pasteurization began in the United States in the 1890s after the discovery of germ theory to control the hazards of highly contagious bacterial diseases which could be easily transmitted to humans through raw milk. It played an important role in decreasing infant mortality at the time. Once pasteurization became more common, infectious diseases with high infant mortality rates decreased by 50%."

https://www.salon.com/2024/12/23/why-conservatives-are-now-obsessed-with-raw-milk/