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marble falls

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1. After spending 16 months with Brucelossis, I can assure you: there are incredible risks with raw milk ...

Reply to SarahD (Original post)

Sat Feb 17, 2024, 10:07 PM

Feb 2024

... That said, twenty years ago I used raw milk products. But I knew the producers and I knew the cows. The cows were monitored by state inspectors and the milk rooms and processing rooms were monitored by the county inspectors.

I've had no contact with cattle or unpasturized milk products in twenty years.

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I like raw milk products, but there is some risk. [View all] SarahD Feb 2024 OP

After spending 16 months with Brucelossis, I can assure you: there are incredible risks with raw milk ... marble falls Feb 2024 #1

Brucellosis is no fun. SarahD Feb 2024 #2

The only other people I know who've had it were two people, one involved with giving vacine to bison in Montana ... marble falls Feb 2024 #4

Given that Listeria can still grow at zero degrees C, the shipping isn't the RockRaven Feb 2024 #3

Pasteurization kills it SarahD Feb 2024 #5

Then we go to a more basic question: Do we need milk in the first place. 3Hotdogs Feb 2024 #6

Might not need it but people like dairy products. Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #7