• GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk
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    7 hours ago

    Damn.
    I didn’t have “Raw Milk encouraged by the US govt. causes second pandemic in 5 years” on my bingo card for 2025.

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      What about milk intended for me? I mean, my mom may have trouble producing at her age, but…

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      Fr. It tastes the same, barely taxing for the environment compared to cow milk (depending on the type of milk), plus you don’t torture animals. Sounds like a win-win-win situation to me

      Edit: Gimme your downvotes guys. I thrive on them 💅🏻

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          There are some brands that emulate the taste of cow milk for those who want that is what I meant. Obviously my view is skewed given that I’ve been vegan for like 4 years

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        I didn’t drink cow milk at all becsuse I find it gross but it definitely does but taste the same

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    Is this why Mister Brain Worms wants to sell raw milk? So bird flu spreads since worms hate birds

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    8 hours ago

    Surely this is satire. One of you guys made this as a joke, right? Right?!?

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    Crazy how if it was any democrat saying drink raw milk s/he would likely be accused of a conspiracy in which he is trying to spread bird flu so they can have another pandemic and vaccine manufacturers make money out of it. But when a republican says it, s/he is probably celebrated for using the wisdom of our grand grand parents.

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      8 hours ago

      I mean, viruses are kind of Trumps thing. Maybe H5N1 kills another million or so to mark his second term.

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        H5N1 is way, way more lethal than Covid19.

        If it were to mutate to spread between humans without decreasing in lethality it would probably be the deadliest event in human history by a significant margin.

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    Am i seeing this right, that you can buy raw milk in grocery stores? What the fuck?

    Raw milk gets bad way to fast in order to sell it in a grocery store.

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      When kept below about 3C raw milk can last 7-10 days. The problem mainly is in the handling - the longer it’s shipped and more it’s handled the higher the likelihood it ends up above safe temperatures, reducing that time significantly. And we’ve all seen how grocery stores handle their perishables… LOL.

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          Filthy farming practices don’t help.

          No they don’t. And that applies universally.

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            Considering farms are pretty much exclusively in rural areas and how rural areas generally lean politically, it’s a testament to the human immune system that food poisoning deaths aren’t more widespread. Or maybe a testament to the usefulness of food production regulations. Guessing we’ll find out which one by 2030, assuming it will be allowed to be reported on.

            Or maybe new conspiracy theories will pop up over the next few years, oddly aligning with current health and safety science.

            EVEN THOUGH VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM, TURNS OUT THEY’VE BEEN PREVENTING LIBERAL DISEASES THAT CAUSE BABIES TO COUGH THEMSELVES TO DEATH THIS WHOLE TIME!

            NOT BRINGING MILK TO JUST UNDER A BOIL MIGHT MAKE IT SAFER TO CONSUME BUT IS HURTING THE OIL COMPANIES THAT GIVE US THE FREEDOM TO TRAVEL (WHEN YOU HAVE AN APPROVED REASON TO TRAVEL)!

            SOLAR PANELS STEAL ENERGY FROM THE SUN, REDUCING ITS EXPECTED LIFETIME, BUT BRAND NEW TRUMP PANELS GENERATE FREE ELECTRICITY FROM THE VACUUM WHEN EXPOSED TO DIRECT LIGHT!

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              Considering farms are pretty much exclusively in rural areas and how rural areas generally lean politically, it’s a testament to the human immune system that food poisoning deaths aren’t more widespread

              It may be helpful to read up on food-borne illnesses and their vectors. I say this because what I interpret from your comment is that rural areas are “dirty” and that right-leaning areas are somehow “dirtier” by virtue of being lax in food safety.

              Strictly speaking this isn’t the way it works and it’s important to understand how contamination occurs. Almost all pathogens end up in food in two ways: field hands with inadequate sanitation and contamination through handling, processing, and packaging. The vast majority of these cases occur when food supply chains are long and complex and when safety is compromised in the name of profit. For example cutting corners in poultry handling or paying farm workers by the unit rather than by time, such that they are strongly incentivized to urinate or defecate in the field.

              Food production regulations are actually quite stringent further along the supply chain (See the Food Safety Modernization Act and Produce Safety Rule) but there are gaps (this is an ag joke) on the production side, particularly in enforcement.

              Your best bet is to seek to shorten the supply chain for the food you buy. Avoid processed foods and buy as close to the source as you can. Favoring organically-grown produce direct from a farmer just about guarantees that your food is safe. For example, organic regulations through the National Organic Program require a long period of time between use of manure and harvesting to ensure pathogens break down. It’s a common misconception that poop is used directly on growing crops.

              Some reading:

              USDA food borne illness guide: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/foodborne-illness-and-disease FSMA Final Rule on Produce Safety: https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fsma-final-rule-produce-safety

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      Imagine deliberately paying a premium for food that can make you seriously ill.

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      Doesn’t it last 5-7 days? In Europe it is long enough.

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        People like my boomer mother will buy a gallon of milk and expect it to be good for 2+weeks.

        She is part of the reason I do a small shopping every couple days and only buy what I need for the foreseeable future. An entire generation of Americans that are used to everything being so pumped with preservatives that we can eat a Twinkie that rolled under the couch last presidential election.

        Yet, we have to scrub eggs of their natural coating at the farm, requiring them to be refrigerated.

        Food regulation in the US hasn’t moved very far from the 60s.

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        All i can say is, that at “normal” refrigirator temperatures milk will be good for 3-4 days. Cant say anything for temperatures below that

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          Looked at milk I have.

          Expiration period: 6 days.

          Storage temperature (4±2) °C

          Did you mean 3-4 days since purchase? Here it’s counted from production date.

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      Is it like a new thing? I never heard anyone making a fuss about raw milk other than like the Amish for the quarter of a century I’ve been around.

      It seems to be based around the people who just look for problems to have, like okay when are people gonna start drinking bottled puddle water because “its got natural minerals and bacteria” or some nonsense.

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      15 hours ago

      I believe it has to be bought at the farm but they still do commercial packaging

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        That’s interesting. I wouldn’t have thought, that so many people buy raw milk, that its profitable to do commercial packaging.

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      Why are people surprised by this? Do you guys not have refrigerators in your grocery stores?

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        Okay, whether or not raw milk is generally safe, why buy it when there’s an alternative that removes the pathogens?

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          Because raw milk contains everything, including all the fat and all the vitamins.

          Processed milk usually is first separated between fat and liquid and then the fat is readded. Also the pasteurization destroys some of the vitamins.

          More importantly though it just tastes different.

          Finally if you want to make yogurt or cream cheese, you want to work of raw milk because it contains the fermenting bacteria, but that is more of a niche application.

          Pasteurization by default does not remove all bacteria and probably also not all viruses. The milk you commonly find in supermarkets these days is not only pasteurized at high temperature, but also homogenized (pressed through a microsieve), which further alters the taste, reduces quality but extends the shelf life.

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            Finally if you want to make yogurt or cream cheese, you want to work of raw milk because it contains the fermenting bacteria, but that is more of a niche application.

            If you’re going to make anything from milk that requires bacterial cultures and the conditions under which they will grow, you absolutely do not want whatever random cultures that are in a raw product. You start clean and add the cultures you want to propagate. Source: ferments things at home

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              I was just giving reason, that exist to prefer raw milk. I only ever drank raw milk when spending vacations on a farm and i didn’t buy cow milk since a couple of years.

              Still i would like to say that i don’t think raw milk is a problematic vector for pandemics to spread. Chance is people will get the shits if hygiene is bad, but i doubt a viral pandemic to spread because of raw milk. More likely would be farm workers getting an infection over the air and then spreading it to other humans.

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                People who study viruses for a living seem to think it’s possible, but I guess as long as you doubt it, no problem.

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        Raw milk gets bad after about 3-4 days, even with constant cooling. This period is way to short to sell it at grocerie stores in any big scale.

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            Bo and it is in no way relevant. Since it seems like you think that what I say is wrong, I know this, because I came from a farm.

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              It is relevant. The quality of the food chain and regulations where you live play a huge role in that particular society’s feel about raw products.

              You’d be surprised to find that in some countries people eat raw ground pork as a normal thing and nobody dies.

              I’d like to know which farm you worked in because the fact you think so poorly about the food that comes out of it means I absolutely need to avoid anything you guys make.

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                It is relevant. The quality of the food chain and regulations where you live play a huge role in that particular society’s feel about raw products.

                OK, you got a point there.

                For the other part, you can trust me, that in a refrigerator milk will get bad after 3-4 days. If you cool it at about 2-3°C it is good for longer time(obviously), but I can’t tell how long exactly, because the milk never gets that old. As for Quality its quite interesting, that you make assumptions about it without knowing anything. I can assure you, that the milk has good quality. It gets tested every 2 days in terms of fat, germs, protein, and SCC and all of those parameters are always good.

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                  And meat goes bad in the fridge after only a few more days but I don’t see you having a meltdown over butcher shops existing.

                  In reality people consume raw milk all the time, it’s just some countries with absolutely garbage consumer protections where you should avoid drinking it.

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                NO NO NO raw milk bad! Alternative ideas bad! New evidence bad! Bad things bad!

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        You see, in America, the milk cattle live in terrible conditions. Mastitis is common. In the US, you really have to pasteurize the milk to kill all the bacteria and viruses that end up in the milk because of the conditions they live in.

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          I can’t say anything about the general health and living conditions of the US cattle, but taking your word for granted its devinetively advised. If the cows are kept under good conditions and a good hygiene is practised usually germs in raw milk aren’t that much of a problem.

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            They’re forced to stand in their own squalor without stalls being mucked out. It’s cruel and disgusting.

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            There is a video I will not point you to, because a hundred vegans probably have already, that show how sad and disgusting factory farming in the US is. I wouldn’t drink anything that came out of one of those depressing animal factories unless it had been processed to hell and back.

            There are better options on the market, but the average American is going to pay a buck or two less for a gallon from the milk factory. Same thing with eggs, meat.

            Conscious food choices are a luxury, here.

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      It’s not that they caused it, it’s that they’re putting this forward as a healthier and better alternative to pasteurized milk, which leads to the connection with the news.

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        Well Fresno, CA is Republican, so you’re probably right, some kind of evil R plot to kill people.

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      It’s not about “blaming” anything on anybody. Raw milk is one of the things RFK specifically promises to promote.

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        It looks like it’s State laws that govern whether raw milk sales is legal or not. In Colorado, Arkansas, Alabama, DC, Delaware, and many others it’s completely illegal.

        What does the federal government have to do with it? It’s already illegal to transport it across state lines according to federal law.

        https://www.britannica.com/procon/milk-debate