Key Documents

For those looking for detailed information on the safety and health benefits of raw milk, we suggest the following documents:

Basic information about the health and safety of raw milk:

• A Campaign for Real Milk PowerPoint (9.4MB PPT) by the Weston A. Price Foundation, September 2011 Update
• Fresh, Unprocessed (Raw) Whole Milk: Safety, Health and Economic Issues (An Overview) by the Weston A. Price Foundation, 2009

Responses and rebuttals to FDA:

• Updated Rebuttal to 2011 FDA article “Raw Milk Misconceptions and the Danger of Consuming Raw Milk.” Raw milk is SAFE, nutrient-rich, and should be available to consumers. (310KB PDF) Prepared by Rita Marianna, PhD for the Weston A. Price Foundation, May 2019.
• Rebuttal to FDA Article “Raw Milk Misconceptions and the Danger of Raw Milk Consumption” (362KB PDF) by the Weston A. Price Foundation, March 2012
• Response to the Testimony of John F. Sheehan (428KB PDF) by the Weston A. Price Foundation, March 4, 2012
• Response to the FDA: A Point-by-Point Rebuttal to the Anti-Raw Milk PowerPoint Presentation by John F. Sheehan (3.4MB PDF), by the Weston A. Price Foundation, November 2007 (with links to FDA slides updated August 2010)
• FDA and CDC Bias Against Raw Milk– No Facts Provided in Recent Reminder about Raw Milk Consumption, Press Release, March 12, 2007
• Rebuttal to FDA Position on Raw Milk, Press Release, April 11, 2003

Responses to attorney William Marler (including an analysis of all published studies claiming illness caused by raw milk):

• Full response: Raw Milk: What the Scientific Literature Really Says (1.1MB PDF) by the Weston A. Price Foundation, October 30, 2008
• Summary: Response to Anti-Raw Milk Position Paper by Bill Marler, JD (274KB PDF) by the Weston A. Price Foundation, October 30, 2008
• Response to Marler Blog: Revisiting the Bias in the CDC Studies (68KB PDF) by the Weston A. Price Foundation

Responses and rebuttals to others:

• Response to the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium, Inc., April 10, 2014 press release
• Does Raw Milk Kill Pathogens? A Response to Position Paper by Amanda Rose (324KB PDF) by Ted Beals, September 2009 (Also here as web page)
• Experts Defend Bacteria in Raw Milk: Court Testimony (334KB PDF), Organic Pastures Dairy Company and Claravale Farm, Plaintiffs, vs. State of California and A.G. Kawamura, Secretary of California Department of Food and Agriculture, Defendants, April 25, 2008
• Response to Anti-Raw Milk Article Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases in January 2009 (132KB PDF) by the Weston A. Price Foundation
• Response to Letter from Ted Elkins, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (171KB PDF) by the Weston A. Price Foundation, May 23, 2006
• Summary of CDC Report on Raw Milk Outbreaks, 1998-2005 (80KB PDF) by the Weston A. Price Foundation, January 12, 2009

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