TARIK TEZEL: IF UHT MILK WERE HARMFUL, IT WOULD BE PROHIBITED
Turkey Milk, Meat, Food Industrialists and Producers Association (SETBİR) Chairman Tarık Tezel said that suggesting to boil the milk in a pot means ‘endangering human life'. Stating that raw milk contains hazards that disrupt the health of people and cause diseases, Tarık Tezel said: "The way to get rid of the disease-causing bacteria in raw milk has been clear since 1862, called pasteurization. French scientist Louis Pasteur invented this method for 157 years to protect people from deadly diseases that can be transmitted from raw milk. It should not be forgotten that boiling in a pot at home does not pasteurize raw milk and does not purify the bacteria causing disease. Claiming that means putting human life into danger. As a matter of fact this is a crime in our country and also across the world." “UHT would be banned if it were harmful” Pointing out that in dairy industry, in addition to pasteurization, other heat treatment technologies, especially UHT, are also...