Re:Beyond the Raw/Pasteurised Divide
by littlestymaar on Sunday October 16, 2022 @01:16PM
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> So when the author says this, it avoids that question.
Because raw vs pasteurized gives you no idea on that point. You can get Listeria-infected pasteurized cheese and get very sick (it happens every ones in a while, due to mishandling in the factories) and you can eat raw cheese for your entire life at a country-level (France for instance still has a lot of raw cheeses) without significant health effect. The seriousness (that is: regulation and controls) of the entire production line matters much more than pasteurization of the input milk (which merely ease the process for industrial, more than it offers any protection to the consumers)
Because raw vs pasteurized gives you no idea on that point. You can get Listeria-infected pasteurized cheese and get very sick (it happens every ones in a while, due to mishandling in the factories) and you can eat raw cheese for your entire life at a country-level (France for instance still has a lot of raw cheeses) without significant health effect. The seriousness (that is: regulation and controls) of the entire production line matters much more than pasteurization of the input milk (which merely ease the process for industrial, more than it offers any protection to the consumers)