Almost anything can be consumed “raw” if the entire handling chain is working 100%. The reality is - even without capitalism - germs can spread pretty easily, people can make mistakes, and contamination is inevitable. Once you add capitalist incentives to cut corners, go faster, and produce more… it’s a disaster waiting to happen. The more popular raw milk gets, the more dangerous it will be.
The absolute safest way to drink raw milk is to pick it up directly from a farmer that you know, and that has a very low volume farm, and is very educated on the best handling and bottling processes. Again… the types of farmers that will be selling such a risky product aren’t the ones you want to be buying from.
Raw milk is lower risk if it is one or two cows, and only one distributor - like “I know a cow”. That said, yer still gonna get sick from it eventually. cow poop and milk sources are simply too close together.
Almost anything can be consumed “raw” if the entire handling chain is working 100%. The reality is - even without capitalism - germs can spread pretty easily, people can make mistakes, and contamination is inevitable. Once you add capitalist incentives to cut corners, go faster, and produce more… it’s a disaster waiting to happen. The more popular raw milk gets, the more dangerous it will be.
The absolute safest way to drink raw milk is to pick it up directly from a farmer that you know, and that has a very low volume farm, and is very educated on the best handling and bottling processes. Again… the types of farmers that will be selling such a risky product aren’t the ones you want to be buying from.
Raw milk is lower risk if it is one or two cows, and only one distributor - like “I know a cow”. That said, yer still gonna get sick from it eventually. cow poop and milk sources are simply too close together.
Tell the cows I said hi.
Not just cows.
The real safest is right from a clean test of a healthy cow. But personally I don’t like warm milk.