Raw milk is a drink that remains unregulated at the federal level, with individual states left to decide whether it's deemed safe for human consumption. As of right now, only eight states in the ...

Got DairyPure®? It’s the newest milk label out there, just launched Monday by Dean Foods, the largest milk processor and distributor in the U.S. Already appearing on fresh-milk products in ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Among raw milk advocates, it is a popular belief that the pasteurization process destroys bioactives, which are chemicals found in plants ...

Utah lawmakers are considering a bill to create a protocol for state officials when raw milk is suspected of causing an outbreak of a foodborne illness — a move one milk producer said should ...

Peoria City/County Health Department environmental health practitioner Justin Dwyer discusses the health risks of raw milk. Pasteurization is a process which heats milk to kill harmful germs.

As H5N1, more commonly known as Avian flu or bird flu, begins to infect dairy cattle, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) says they will start testing raw milk to see if the virus is ...

Passions are aroused these days when devotees of unpasteurized “raw” milk, seeking its supposed enhanced nutritional properties face off with public health experts pointing to the long ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In December, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department reported that five house ...

Of the approximately 92 gallons of milk the cows produce each day, most will be processed and pasteurized, or heated briefly to kill viruses and bacteria. But some of it is left unpasteurized and is ...

Raw milk isn’t currently legal everywhere. Those who don’t live in sanctioned states are securing their supply in more suspect ways. In New York State, for example, it’s illegal to sell raw ...