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Joan Stephenson, PhD

JAMA. 2007;298:1388.

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Madison, Wis—Pressure from consumers and dairy farmers to legalize the sale of "raw" (unpasteurized) milk is ill-advised in light of the significant presence of such foodborne pathogens as Listeria monocytogenes and Coxiella burnetii, according to researchers studying the prevalence of these microbes in a sampling of bulk-tank milk from 900 dairy herds in Wisconsin.

The findings were reported at the International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man, held here in August.

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Although some states ban the sale of unpasteurized milk for human consumption, consumers sometimes circumvent the law by buying raw milk ostensibly sold as pet food (and consuming it themselves) or obtaining it through "cow-share" programs. In such programs, consumers buy shares of cows and, as "owners," are entitled to raw milk from "their" cows.

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