US-MED--Raw Milk-Legislation

Herdsman Stephen Reed watches raw cow milk collect in a receive jar before it is eventually pasteurized at Ronnybrook Farm in Ancramdale, N.Y., on April 22, 2026.

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Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings

Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings

Proponents of raw milk are pushing to make the unpasteurized product more widely available and easy to obtain. More than three dozen bills supporting raw milk have been introduced in statehouses across the nation, the AP found. The momentum is growing even as a new outbreak sickens U.S. children. Health officials have long warned that raw milk can contain potentially deadly germs. But government officials like Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., along with social media influencers, have fueled sharp new interest in unproven health benefits.