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Colorado is considering a bill to allow consumers to buy raw milk directly from farmers, joining states like New York and Texas in easing restrictions on unpasteurized milk sales.

The FDA: “Decades ago, pasteurization of milk was adopted as a basic public health measure to kill dangerous bacteria. This measure largely eliminated the risk of getting sick from one of the most important staples of the American diet.”

Meghan Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: “[Legalization] is going to potentially expose people who have [immune system] vulnerabilities or who are not prepared to accept the risks, and that’s a huge problem.”

Krista Varady, Ph.D., Nutrition Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago: “Some people believe that food is healthiest when it is not processed at all by humans. [But] processing foods for safety reasons is a totally different thing.”