Another "raw milk" incident...

[Major Nikon]

10. It's ridiculously simple to prove

The French have been using unpasteurized milk for hundreds of years and it's still available all over the country. So why are the French able to do this without making everyone sick like some would have you believe? They produce raw milk with a uniform set of standards that insures it's just as safe as pasteurized milk. Those standards are much higher than the standards for pasteurized milk. The dairies have to be inspected far more often and the milk has to be sold in a shorter length of time. Other things like the diet of the cow is important so that they produce the good bacteria in their milk that prevents pathogens from becoming a problem. Feed the cow the wrong diet and fail to inspect that the cows are producing enough good bacteria means sooner or later you're going to have problems.

For further reading, see the competitive exclusion principle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_exclusion