Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2015 Volume 143, Issue 1-2, Pages: 87-92
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1502087P
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Raw milk consumption and health
Popović-Vranješ Anka (Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad)
Popović Milka 
(Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad + Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad)
Jevtić Marija (Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad + Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad)
Contrary to the safe practices of milk pasteurization or sterilization, which
effectively reduce foodborne outbreaks incidence associated with raw milk and
dairy products use, outbreaks caused by such products continue to occur.
Despite this fact, a worldwide movement advocating for the rights of raw milk
and cheese selling and consumption, due to their specific nutritive
characteristics, has strengthened significantly in recent years. Traditional
agricultural manufacturers from Serbia still sell products related to
thermally unprocessed milk, such as cottage cheese and raw cream. In AP
Vojvodina during the period of 1981-2010 a total of 179 foodborne outbreaks
were reported, where the incriminated cause of the outbreak were milk or
diary. In 126 (70.39%) outbreaks, totaling 2276 sick individuals and one
casualty, it was confirmed that the incriminated food was from the group of
dairy products. In 48 instances (26.82%), bacteriological tests confirmed
that milk and dairy products were excluded as the outbreak causes, while in
another 5 (2.79%) outbreaks, microbiological analysis of food failed to
confirm any relation to the actual epidemiological instances. In some cases,
bacteriological testing of incriminated foods was not possible. In the cases
of outbreaks associated with the consumption of milk and dairy products,
traditional raw milk products were cited as being used. Consumption of
unpasteurized milk and cheese represents public health threat. National and
international rules ensuring use of safe products for human consumption have
to set rules of trade of thermally processed milk and products on the market.
Keywords: raw milk, pasteurization, food safety, health
Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR31095