Re:In the Middle Ages, the Upper Class Went Nuts for Almond ...
by Retric on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @10:21AM
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This is pre-refrigeration, pre-pasteurization, and milk is an awesome growth medium for bacteria plus a direct vector to various cow born diseases. Even with refrigeration and a much better disease model, modern medicine, etc raw milk regularly kills people so historically you would expect a high lifetime risks even if people where drinking it within hours of milking it.
https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/rawmilk/rawmilk-outbreaks.htm...