Regarding "Raw (Unpasteurized) Milk: Are Health-Conscious Consumers Making an Unhealthy Choice?"
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Raw (unpasteurized) milk: are health-conscious consumers making an unhealthy choice?
An increasing number of health-conscious consumers are seeking natural, unprocessed foods, including fresh, locally grown produce, eggs, poultry, and meats. Concomitant with this consumer interest, the US Department of Agriculture created Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food and the Farmers Market Promotion Program [1, 2]. These governmental programs seek to improve nutritional choices made by Amer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir236