- Source type
- Study
- Access type
- Official
- Publisher
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Added
- 2026-07-01
Trust profile
VV Source Trust Matrix v1.0
VV Source Trust Matrix v1.0 asks whether this source is trustworthy for the claim lane being used, not whether every possible claim from it is equally strong.
91
Government health research
- Publisher type
- Government research
- Bias profile
- Low
This source is strongest for safety and clinical outcomes and weaker for consumer context and regulatory status.
VV Source Fit Score 1.0
Fit by use case
Fit scores are role-specific. A source can be excellent for one claim lane and weak for another.
- Regulatory status
- 66/100
- Context Source
- Clinical outcomes
- 90/100
- Primary Anchor
- Mechanism
- 90/100
- Primary Anchor
- Safety
- 92/100
- Primary Anchor
- Consumer context
- 88/100
- Strong Support
- Trial discovery
- 89/100
- Strong Support
Best used for
- Research synthesis
- Public-health context
- Safety resources
Weak for
- Primary endpoint extraction when a study is available
Used in Viral Vitalism
Raw Milk Is the Food-Freedom Fight With Pathogens in the Room
Roles: Primary source
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Increased Outbreaks Associated with Nonpasteurized Milk, 2007-2012
Roles: Primary source
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Claim ledger
Claims supported
Reviewed claim cards that cite this source in the evidence graph.
raw milk: Raw milk is not safer than pasteurized milk because
Raw milk is not safer than pasteurized milk because pasteurization is designed to reduce disease-causing germs while preserving milk’s nutritional role.
raw milk: Raw milk outbreak risk is not theoretical because unpasteurized
Raw milk outbreak risk is not theoretical because unpasteurized milk and raw-milk products have repeatedly been linked to foodborne illness outbreaks.
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CDC: Raw Milk
Primary public-health source for raw milk pathogen risk, pasteurization safety framing, and vulnerable-group warnings; used as the main safety boundary for retail raw milk claims.
- Trust score
- 91
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 18 connections
FDA: HPAI in Dairy Cows and Milk Safety Updates
Regulatory update source for HPAI in dairy cattle and milk-safety monitoring, used to keep raw milk claims current around emerging pathogen risk and pasteurization context.
- Trust score
- 94
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 5 connections
FDA: The Dangers of Raw Milk
Regulatory safety source used for pathogen, hospitalization, and serious-illness framing; supports the claim that natural or local milk does not remove the need for pasteurization as a safety control.
- Trust score
- 94
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 7 connections
E. coli O157:H7 infections in children associated with raw milk
Government outbreak report used as a child-risk example for E. coli O157:H7 associated with raw milk, supporting the high-caution framing for children and other vulnerable groups.
- Trust score
- 91
- Publisher
- MMWR
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 4 connections
FDA: Raw Milk Misconceptions and Danger
Regulatory consumer-safety source for specific raw milk misconceptions, including nutrition, lactose intolerance, allergy/asthma extrapolation, and the distinction between farm exposure observations and retail raw milk recommendations.
- Trust score
- 94
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 12 connections
Foodborne illness outbreaks linked to unpasteurized milk, 1998-2018
Peer-reviewed outbreak evidence source for U.S. unpasteurized milk outbreaks and state-law context, used to show that raw milk risk is not theoretical or limited to isolated anecdotes.
- Trust score
- 88
- Publisher
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Access
- Publisher
- Usage
- 3 connections