There are also misconceptions that the bacteria content in raw milk is good for your gut, but those ideas are "far-fetched," Nadeau adds. She recommends foods like yogurt, kefir, kombucha or a ...

Kennedy Jr. is a fan of raw milk, or cow's milk that hasn't been pasteurized. No processing, just straight from the utter. Proponents of raw milk like to say that pasteurization, a heating process ...

Raw milk does have bacteria, but not the kind that make lactase. So it will still cause stomach cramps in people who are lactose-intolerant. Myth: Raw milk cures allergies and asthma.

Lucey said raw milk offers no health benefits over the safer alternative, pasteurized milk. He also said that any potential, beneficial bacteria found in raw milk exists in levels too low to be ...

Though the health and human services secretary has been avid fan of raw milk, he hasn’t pushed for changes to federal ...

Thanks to the bacteria that can be found in it, raw milk has the potential to cause a number of deadly diseases. Listeriosis, ...

But there’s no evidence for that. Plus, raw milk is risky because it can contain bacteria like Listeria and E. Coli, which can make you really sick. Pasteurization kills those and other bacteria. And ...

Confused about which foods are truly healthy? 5 On Your Side and Consumer Reports’ Trisha Calvo tackles popular food myths ...

An outbreak of campylobacteriosis, a diarrheal illness caused by the Campylobacter bacteria, that infected 18 people statewide has been tied to raw milk from Paradise Grove Dairy in eastern Idaho.

The contaminated milk has been sold since April, with sell-by dates between April 15 and July 8, in half-gallon and gallon containers.

Layoffs at the FDA, USDA and CDC could erode the U.S. food safety system. Experts aren’t so worried about milk or chicken today; they’re concerned about the future.