Make UHT Your Milk Of Choice

In Kenya, people are still drinking raw milk. However,DR JOHN KIIRU, researcher at the Kenya Medical Research Institute at the Centre for Microbiology, says they are putting their health, and that of their families, at risk.

Many developed countries, due to the advantages of pasteurisation, have passed laws prohibiting the sale of untreated milk as early as in 1919, and milk is now considered one of the safest foods.

In Africa, however, and in Kenya in particular, people continue consuming unpasteurised/raw milk. And not just in rural areas. Cities too.

Drinking raw milk exposes unsuspecting communities to infections, especially the young and the immune-compromised.

As urban densities increase in fast-growing cities like Nairobi, the length of the supply chains is likely to increase. This means that raw milk will take longer to reach the consumer, thus increasing the chances of contamination and possibilities of food poisoning.

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