Data Report

SUMMARY - Two children and seven other people in Ada County, Idaho (country: United States) have developed E. Coli illnesses with the consumption of raw milk being the likely source for their illness. While the investigation into the incidents continue, health officials have revealed that all the cases identified have drunk raw milk that originated from R Bar H Dairy in the town of Caldwell.

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SUMMARY - Seven people across three states are the victims of E. Coli infections as a result of consuming raw cheese, the source of which is purported to be "RAW FARM" [Ed. Note - The name is purposely all capitals in the news source] in the state of California (nation: United States). The company has not voluntarily recalled its product despite being issued one by the Food and Drug Administration.

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..incase nobody has noticed, so far its almost always the 'raw' stuff involved that seems to make people sick the most often as well as the 'raw' stuff in pet food. There's other botulisms, poisonings, and food items that make people sick but in many cases the uncooked 'raw' items seem to be the most liable items to cause problems!

At least it seems to me that certain raw food poses significant health risks to both pets and humans due to potential contamination with harmful bacteria like Salmonella, Listeria, and E. coli.

Even though lots of people have done it, I know I was always told as a kid that it's not very smart to eat raw eggs or even a hot dog without cooking it first.

I'm going to editorialize for a moment. My apologies; I've also had a rough day at work and so some venting is necessary.

Raw milk is not safe. Period. Just like you could chew on shards of broken glass and not be seriously injured and/or die, consuming raw dairy is a Bad Idea^TM no matter the mental gymnastics that you perform in order to convince yourselves otherwise. The problem now is that the consumption of raw dairy has become a form of virtue-signalling for conservatives / Republicans / Donald Trump supporters as it is seen as a 'protest' against 'science' and 'government oppression.'

Something that is often overlooked is that the consumption of raw dairy is selfish from a public health perspective; Because you knowingly consumed it and became sick, you are depriving a hospital bed and medical resources to someone else who needed those resources more. If you die because of that consumption, you are now depriving everyone of a family member, a friend, a neighbor, an employee, and so on.

It is one thing to consume something without knowing the risks; We perform that activity all of the time. The scientific method can't determine all of the risks until enough people perform an action repeatedly and we see patterns in those people that can determine if there is a potential hazard. We can get as close as we reasonably and economically can with a properly-conducted Phase III trial but the real test is when people en masse are performing that activity.

We know that raw dairy is bad for us. Full stop. End of discussion. The verdict is in, has been accepted by the judge and the judge has ordered the jury dismissed.

The only reason why it still exists on any significant level is because of faulty behavioral and political logic that endangers public health and safety.

And here's a link about "RAW FARM" that illustrates that this isn't their first rodeo when it comes to needing their products recalled for contamination:



OK. Editorial over. Back to work.