Stephen Cadogan: EFSA’s raw milk warning

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned that drinking raw milk can pose health risks to consumers and result in serious illness in some cases. 

The EFSA has led the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) to reiterates its long-standing recommendation to consumers not to drink raw milk, and that all milk consumed or sold for direct human consumption in Ireland should be pasteurised.

The FSAI said those who still wish to drink raw milk should, at a minimum, boil it before drinking to kill potentially harmful bacteria.