The discovery of bird flu virus particles in the commercial milk supply has reignited public interest in the century-long debate over pasteurizing milk. Sales of raw milk, or milk that has not ...

An Australian company called Naturo has revealed the development of a breakthrough milk processing technique that is heat-free, eliminates more pathogens than pasteurization, and leaves the milk with ...

Raw milk is a gourmet favorite among some foodies, but part of its appeal might be its rarity. Many countries (and some U.S.

Concerns about bird flu in dairy herds and a steady drumbeat of raw milk outbreaks have pushed pasteurization back into ...

A carton of pasteurized eggs close to the camera. - Scott Olson/Getty Images Pasteurization is a process that is used to kill any potentially harmful bacteria that a food or beverage may be harboring.

When Louis Pasteur developed and patented the process of pasteurization in the 1860s, it had nothing to do with milk. He was more concerned with keeping beer from spoiling. But, by the turn of the ...

Pasteurisation has always used significant amounts of heat. A new technology, however, can fulfil the same function without this heat, thus keeping a key protein intact. Pasteurisation is an important ...

The North American Meat Processors Association filed a petition this week asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Canadian Food Inspection Service to ...

Raw, unpasteurized milk is increasingly popular but new research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggests pasteurized milk is much safer, especially against germs like avian flu, or ...

Raw milk — that is, milk that does not go through the pasteurization process — treated properly is just as safe, if not safer, to drink than pasteurized milk. So says Mark Robinson, who along with his ...