- FDA and other Federal and State agencies have acknowledged a long history of the risks associated with the consumption of raw milk.
- Raw milk (no bactericidal/bacteriostatic treatment, apart from cooling) is a vehicle for transmission of pathogens, such as:
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Brucella spp.
- E. coli
- Campylobacter spp.
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Coxiella burnetti
- Salmonella spp.