For an article related to our current raw milk discussions, see below.
Apparently, even current practice is not safe enough. "The bug, an
organism known as MAP (Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis), is
not completely killed by normal milk pasteurisation methods and is present
in people with Crohn's disease."
Mike Miller
MICRO-ORGANISMS IN MILK CAUSE CROHN'S DISEASE
LONDON, UK, January 27, 2000 (ENS) - A bug present in retail pasteurised
milk in the UK causes Crohn's disease, a leading medical researcher at St
George's Medical School, London has found. The micro-organism is believed to
exist in up to 54 percent of the dairy herds in Western Europe and North
America.
Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2000
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