Pasteurization is under renewed scrutiny as raw milk gains popularity despite food safety concerns, while a 2024 listeria outbreak tied to a pasteurized plant-based product and debates over heat treatment's effect on milk nutrients fuel a broader conversation about heat processing necessity and methods.
·Raw milk marketed as superfood but safety questions persist amid ongoing outbreaks
·Listeria outbreak from pasteurized plant-based milk challenges assumption that pasteurization eliminates all risk
·Heat pasteurization methods reduce antioxidants and beneficial compounds in donor human milk
·Pasteurization recall issued for cottage cheese due to processing failure
·Medical experts debating whether modern food safety standards justify loss of milk's natural properties
drawn from AgAir Update, Yucaipa/Calimesa News Mirror, CIDRAP, Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials · updated 15h ago