I didn’t know this, but apparently in Switzerland, you can drink raw milk from a vending machine. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multinational-companies/how-swiss-consumers-bypass-pasteurisation-with-raw-milk-vending-machines/87662403
Switzerland has hundreds of raw milk vending machines
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Yeah, but are people really drinking raw milk from these machines? We regularly buy from such a machine as the farmer is closer than Migros/Coop but we obviously boil the milk.
Raw milk is awesome. I buy it often from a local producer.
when I was young we only used to have raw milk directly from the cows, but obviously you would boil it first. You’d have to be stupid to directly drink it
Raw milk must be sold with the note to heat the raw milk before consuming. And there are good arguments for that: Salmonella, e. Coli, Listeria
https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/dangers-raw-milk-unpasteurized-milk-can-pose-serious-health-risk
Modern milk pasteurization machines only heat the milk for the required time to the required temperature and cool it down fast. This process can‘t be done that controlled ecologically at home. That‘s why I buy pasteurized milk.
“Raw milk vending machine” sounds like the official legal name for a cow
Yeah you can, it’s pretty popular out in the country side. But of course most everyone here is sensible enough to boil it first, unlike in other countries.
I drink quite alot of milk, but I almost vomited when I tried one of these for the first time…