article_snippet: The trend for fresh, local, unprocessed foods could be putting people at risk if people opt to drink raw milk.
article_snippet: This is according to a new study that claims raw milk makes people 100 times more likely to get ill than the pasteurised version.
article_snippet: Raw milk is associated with more than half of all milk-related food borne illnesses, even though only an estimated 3.5 per cent of the population in the US drink it.
article_snippet: But a new study claims raw milk makes people 100 times more likely to get ill .
article_snippet: Advocates of the product also claim raw milk is associated with reduced levels of asthma, hay fever and food allergies in children.
article_snippet: But US tests have shown that the nutrients in raw and pasteurised milk are the same.
article_snippet: Advocates believe that raw milk, which contains more natural antibodies, proteins, and bacteria than pasteurised milk, is healthier, cleaner, and tastes better.
article_snippet: raw milk, which contains more natural antibodies, proteins, and bacteria than pasteurised milk, is healthier, cleaner, and tastes better argue pasteurisation removes important nutrients, such as folic acid.
article_snippet: the health claims claim the new study can put people at risk of microbial contaminants commonly found in milk including infectious Salmonella, Campylobacter,and Listeria species along with the most dangerous form of E. coli.
article_snippet: The risks of consuming raw milk instead of pasteurised milk are well-established in the scientific literature and in some cases can have severe or even fatal consequences,' says Cissy Li, a graduate student in environmental health sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. '
article_snippet: Based on our findings, we discourage the consumption of raw milk, especially among vulnerable populations such as the elderly, people with impaired immune systems, pregnant women, and children.'
article_snippet: Ultimately, the scientific literature showed that the risk of foodborne illness from raw milk is over 100 times greater than the risk of foodborne illness from pasteurised milk,' says report lead author Benjamin Davis, also a graduate student in environmental health sciences. '
article_snippet: Although potential benefits related to the consumption of raw milk would benefit from further investigation, we believe that, from a public health perspective, it is a far safer choice to discourage the consumption of raw milk.'
article_snippet: a public health perspective, it is a far safer choice to discourage the consumption of raw milk
article_snippet: comes as incidents on three farms selling raw milk  led to E.coli poisoning in five children aged one to 12 and one adult
highlights_snippet: But it is also associated with half of all milk-related food borne illnesses .
  