raw milk

Supporters of gourmet cheese made from raw milk are squaring off with the government, which is cracking down after finding contamination at two dairies: Missouri's Morningland Dairy and Estrella Family Creamery of Montesano, Wash. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently recalled cheese from...

Missouri-based Morningland Dairy is recalling 68,957 pounds of raw milk cheese it has sold since Jan. 1 because it may be contaminated with Listeria and also potentially Staphylococcus, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The cheese is sold in vacuum-sealed plastic packages...

The FDA has long banned interstate sales of raw milk, and many states restrict or prohibit the sale of raw milk entirely. After several crackdowns by federal and state agencies, raw milk drinkers are fighting back.