California's biggest raw milk brand tested positive for bird flu. With a voluntary recall underway, the company has started sending out milk to be pasteurized. Raw cheese, kefir, and butter are still ...

A long-practiced food processing method has been up for debate in recent years, with some opting to drink and eat without sterilizing it first. The polarizing process is pasteurization — a heating ...

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. Allison Elyse Gualtieri is a Senior News Editor for CBSNews.com, ...

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You may have had to decide between pasteurized and unpasteurized food products at some point and wondered which is better to choose. Pasteurized foods have been exposed to high temperatures to destroy ...

Concerns about bird flu in dairy herds and a steady drumbeat of raw milk outbreaks have pushed pasteurization back into family conversations that usually focus on grocery budgets and picky eaters. You ...