The Pasteurization Of Milk In American Culture

Pasteurization was made a requirement in the 1920s with the hopes that it would combat tuberculosis, infant stomach problems, and other diseases that were a result of poor nutrition for the animal producing it as well as unclean production methods. That may have been a legitimate decision in the 1920s but with modern day farming systems, including stainless steel tanks, milking machines, and refrigeration, the need for a law banning raw milk is no longer necessary. Pasteurization has actually been linked to causing more extreme cases of asthma as well as an increase in heart disease and even cancer. These diseases were almost non-existent in the past but once pasteurization became a requirement the numbers skyrocketed. The pasteurization process

The results suggest that pasteurization kills most pathogens in milk by brief exposure to relatively high temperature. This was demonstrated most beneficially with the 10-6 and 10-7 dilutions wherein the raw milk exhibited 284,000,000 cells/mL and 440,000,000 cells/mL respectively and the pasteurized milk had too few cell colony forming units to even count. Unpasteurized milk is not healthy for people to drink. For example, in a study performed in December of 2001, the bacteria Campylobacter jejuni, a microaerophilic bacteria commonly found in animal feces, was found in unpasteurized milk at an organic dairy farm in Wisconsin and caused 75 people, ages 2 to 63, to become ill.

The main purpose of this lab is to identify and separate the main components of milk. To do this an understanding of the properties of these components in needed to separate them from one another. We will be separating the components with their polarity or non-polarity and the temperature at which specific components precipitate. To do this we will be using hot plates, gravity filters and vacuum filters1, water and ice baths, and blot drying.

On August 10 2013 a six year old child (Alf) fell seriously ill after drinking cosmetic bath milk produced by Mootanicals Pty Ltd. Alf contracted ‘Haemolytic uraemic syndrome’ which can lead to death. Tanner (Alf’s father) purchased the milk from ‘Eco Health Store’. Curly Linton, a manager at Eco’s, advised tanner that the milk produced by Mootanicals was a healthier alternative to cows milk. The milk was sold along side, pasteurised milk and in similar packaging however it was unpasteurized and was labeled with ‘for cosmetic/bath purposes’. Evidence shows that the milk could be contaminated with harmful bacteria if it is unpasteurized, and Mootanicals does not test their milk for these bacteria’s. Evidence also shows that unpasteurized milk has a number of benefits however it is common knowledge that many people purchase it to consume despite the fact is illegal to sell unpasteurized milk for human consumption in Australia.

During the pandemic of bubonic plague sanitation was at an all-time low. Cities suffered the greatest, with the disease spreading quickly. The lack of a safe system for waste disposal in these areas allowed for the disease to spread rapidly. The use of chamber pots was an example of the poor waste disposal. Chamber pots were small to medium sized bowls used for holding excretion. The contents of the chamber pots would then be tossed into the streets. Both sides of the streets were lined with trenches that would hold the human waste and other garbage; this became the perfect opportunity for disease to flourish. “Almost everyone used privies or chamber pots, which were emptied into open sewers that typically fed into streams, creeks, or adjacent rivers” (Streich). Not only was the filth repulsive in smell, but it also carried other airborne diseases which weakened the immune system thus a more catastrophic impact on the peasants.

“Raw milk today is a fringe movement, a crusade of underdogs, a pesky mouse against the entrenched lions of medicine and industry.” The book The Untold Story of Milk begins with the undesirable situation of raw milk in today’s society.

Louis Pasteur in 1862, but it took many years of fighting to get the safe and uncontaminated milk for Canadian citizens2. The process of pasteurization is to kill microorganisms, including Salmonella typhi bacteria which leads to typhoid found in the milk and the only way to reduce these bacteria is by heating the milk. Raw milk or unpasteurized milk, can also contain bacteria for E. coli, Listeriosis, and tuberculosis. Earlier, in the twentieth century, diseases like tuberculosis and typhoid led to thousands of deaths and disabilities, but neither of them are serious health risk in Canada

Most apartment houses didn't have much in the way of drainage or toilet facilities but if they did, such facilities tended to be only on the ground floor. So most apartment dwellers used chamberpots in their own rooms.

2.2: There are all varieties of formula milk, so they should be used in accordance to the needs of each child, as certain children may need a different formula to another child. Using the wrong formula, adding to much/little or not having the feed, at the right temp can affect the health of babies. If the feed has been left or stored to long it can cause the growth of bacteria. If the person or surrounding areas have not been washed/cleaned thoroughly that can also cause bacteria growth, and bacteria transfer onto sterilised equipment. If equipment has not been cleaned or sterilised properly then that can also cause bacteria to grow and not be eliminated.

Looking at what the popular information says, it is easy to see why people would want to drink milk. According to the article Is Milk Bad For You by Megan Ware, milk contains calcium which is attributed to building and maintaining strong bones and teeth and choline which helps with sleep, muscle movement, learning, and memory. Milk also contains potassium, high intakes of potassium are associated with a 20% reduced risk of stroke, heart disease, and high blood temperature; milk also contains fortified Vitamin D, important for growth, formation and development of bones (Ware). Milk also contains trace amounts of many important minerals such as magnesium or phosphorus (Ware). All of these minerals, vitamins, and nutrients seem great, right? It is a shame that all of the great qualities about milk get completely damaged during pasteurization.

The increased significance of cow’s milk throughout history in correlation to the shift of women’s breasts as maternal to the erotic is complex and fascinating. In this paper, I am going to discuss some of my opinions on the ProCon web article, “Historical Timeline: History of Cow’s Milk from the Ancient World to the Present”. I will focus on the social implications of the rise of cow's milk in society and the corresponding eroticization and sexualization of the breast. I will also touch on the loss of power women have faced as a result of increased cow’s milk consumption. I have selected two events that I think are relevant to my analysis and I will provide a brief critique of each of them.

Thesis: Humans are designed to drink human milk, not cow’s milk. Humans should really old drink milk during infancy and that’s because all of the hormones in cow’s milk can cause many health issues.

As shown in a study by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in “Milk Makes a Comeback,” the majority of people in some ethnic groups cannot even digest lactose, an important sugar that is found in milk and other dairy products. For instance, up to 75% of African Americans and American Indians in addition to 90% of Asian Americans are unable to process lactose in their bodies (Harper). Even though certain populations have difficulty digesting lactose found in milk, hot or warm milk may be more easily digested than normal, cold milk. Furthermore, people that tend to be lactose-intolerant may still be able to drink small amounts of milk to get the benefits without suffering the consequences of

allowing it to be contaminated, stopped the souring. This is where the term, “Pasteurized milk”

Unlike what we have been thought, milk is unhealthy and it will cause many different diseases in human’s body. Even though that they try to limit the bacteria in raw milk before and after milking, but they just can lower the level of bacteria, they can’t remove all of it, and by drinking milk we transfer diseases to our body (Garedew et al, 2012, p 950). Before milking they will sterilize cow’s breast and also they will inject antibiotics to lower the level of bacteria in cow’s body. They also use sterilize milking equipment so the bacteria available on the equipment will not reach cow’s breast and directly milk. With all those sterilized processes they still need to do the pasteurization process because of