dairy products

EU court rules: If it’s from a plant, it’s not milk

Thanks to strict EU legislation, only dairy products can be called milk, cream, butter, cheese, or yogurt, the European Court of Justice said in a ruling that nixes using such terms as “soy milk” and “tofu butter” for plant-based products.

Raw milk or cheese involved in most cases of dairy-borne illness

More and more states are allowing the sale of unpasteurized milk, a trend that raises public health concerns, according to research published in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.