Raw Milk Bills Spark Debate on Safety vs Choice

0:00It's April 29. This is Global News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters globally. Raw milk fans are ramping up the fight to make it easier to buy across the country, even with fresh outbreaks hitting kids hard. More than 40 bills popped up in 18 states this session, pushing sales, herd shares, or even interstate shipping. Dairy farms say demand is due the roof, but health experts are sounding alarms over germs like E. coli lurking and unpasteurized stuff. Let's look at the latest scare from raw cheddar cheese out of a California farm. Nine people down with E. coli, half of them children under five years. Old. That's one of at least five outbreaks this year alone, and public health folks have tracked over 200 raw milk cases since 19. 98. Hospitalizing more than 225. Kids take the biggest hit because their immune systems aren't fully built yet, and they chug milk daily. Fats show raw dairy sparks 840 times more illnesses and 45 times more hospital stays

1:03than pasteurized versions. Adults aren't safe either one. Woman and Oregon ended up paralyzed for months after Campalovactor from raw milk triggered a nasty syndrome. Farmers selling raw milk swear by vet checks, weekly lab tests, and safety steps to keep herds clean. Now both sides are talking regulation, like how we handled weed legalization, make it legal, the lock-in safeguards so folks don't get wrecked. As these bills move forward, expect more debates on balancing choice with real risks, the push shows no signs of slowing down.