• Question: why does milk have to be pasteurised?

    Asked by evanotoole18 to Ciara, Elaine, Golnaz, Gonzalo, Yannis, Yvonne on 9 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by Beaker.
    • Photo: Ciara O'Donovan

      Ciara O'Donovan answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      This is to kill bacteria in the milk that could make us sick and also that make the milk go off faster.

    • Photo: Ioannis Zabetakis

      Ioannis Zabetakis answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      in order to kill pathogens that makes us ill, seriously ill,

      The following bacterial pathogens are still of concern today in raw milk and other dairy products:

      Bacillus cereus.
      Listeria monocytogenes.
      Yersinia enterocolitica.
      Salmonella spp.
      Escherichia coli O157:H7.
      Campylobacter jejuni.

    • Photo: Gonzalo Delgado-Pando

      Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      Exactly, we need to pasteurise the milk because in raw milk there are bacteria that can make us sick.

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