Raw milk dairies in Utah are asking lawmakers to clarify the process state health officials use to decide whether to suspend a dairy's license if they prove a foodborne illness outbreak started there.

Raw milk dairies in Utah are asking lawmakers to clarify the process state health officials use to decide whether to suspend a dairy's license if they prove a foodborne illness outbreak started there.

A Utah legislator wants to amend Utah's stringent raw milk regulations to help producers in the state, but agriculture officials have concerns with the proposal.

Even if farmers have safety protocols and testing in place for their raw milk, pathogenic bacteria can still be hiding in the milk, says Utah-based microbiologist Weston Hutchison, who has posted ...

An increase in outbreaks has been correlated with changes in the availability of raw milk. For example, between 2009 and 2023, there were 25 documented outbreaks in the state of Utah, which has 16 raw ...

Raw milk is milk that has not gone through the pasteurization process, which is a key food safety step that applies heat in order to kill microorganisms that can cause disease, says Meghan Davis ...

Public health officials say that consuming raw milk can lead to serious health risks, ... cases of infected livestock herds have been reported in California and Utah. Marlene Lenthang.

In 2023, raw milk made by the same California company involved in the ongoing recall, Raw Farm LLC, sickened 165 — mostly children — because it contained salmonella, which led to the largest ...