Milk is a highly perishable food product and is an excellent medium for transmitting a variety of diseases.
Raw milk is unprocessed milk, which is consumed directly after milking the cow or goat.
Pasteurized milk, on the other hand, has been heat-treated to destroy all disease causing bacteria that can be present in raw milk. There are a number of myths about this. For example. . . There is absolutely no evidence to support the contention that raw milk is more nutritious than pasteurized milk. Pasteurized milk does not contain any chemical additives.