Legalizing the Selling of Unpasteurized Milk

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When produced from a grass fed, healthy, clean animal, unpasteurized milk is a completely safe alternative to pasteurized milk. Raw milk has not been pasteurized or homogenized, it has more nutritional value considering it has not been heated to kill of pathogens (Imus). Raw milk is only unsafe when it comes from overproduced factory cattle. These cattle are in the wrong conditions for healthy milk production (“The Industrial Milk Factory”). It should be legal to sell unpasteurized milk in the local community. The buying, selling, and distribution of pasteurized milk would help boost the local economy and it would also help the local citizens make ends meet. It is much healthier and safer to know where your milk is coming from, rather than to buy it from a larger chain store. Raw milk has been proven to be more nutritious than pasteurized milk. When milk is pasteurized, it is heated to kill off pathogens. It also takes away some of the vitamins and minerals. Raw milk from cattle has eight essential amino acids. About 80% of those are easy for our digestive systems to break down (“Health Benefits of Raw Milk). When milk is pasteurized, it is heated to 161 degrees Fahrenheit for about fifteen seconds. Isabel Maples states that some people believe raw milk is an antibacterial. It contains lactoferrin which contains iron. Raw milk contains Vitamin A, which is fat soluble. It is removed when fat content is lowered during pasteurization. All milk is fortified with Vitamin D. She also states that pasteurization causes a loss of Vitamin K. It is necessary for blood clotting and also helps with bone strength. “Pasteurization means a loss of half the Vitamin C in milk and 38-60% of other water soluble vitamins (Maples).” Milk p... ... middle of paper ... ...tion of Milk: Raw and Pasteurized." www.foodprotection.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013. . Quigley, Lisa, et al. "The Microbial Content Of Raw And Pasteurized Cow Milk As Determined By Molecular Approaches." Journal Of Dairy Science 96.8 (2013): 4928-4937. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. "Real Milk." A Campaign for Real Milk. N.p., 9 Nov. 2009. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. Sozańska, B., et al. "Consumption Of Unpasteurized Milk And Its Effects On Atopy And Asthma In Children And Adult Inhabitants In Rural Poland." Allergy 68.5 (2013): 644-650. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. "State-by-State* Review of Raw Milk Laws." State-by-State* Review of Raw Milk Laws. N.p., 21 June 2013. Web. 18 Nov. 2013 White, Carol. "How Pasteurization Works." HowStuffWorks. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.

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