The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to Donald Trump’s controversial health secretary pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been behind an “aggressive suppression” of anything that “advances human health and can’t be patented by Pharma.” That includes, Kennedy said in his X post on the matter, psychedelics, stem cells, hydroxychloroquine, vitamins, sunshine—and raw milk, which he has said is the only kind of milk he drinks.
Between RFK Jr. touting its supposed benefits and widespread fears over raw milk being a vector of the fast-progressing bird flu, the dairy product—laws for the sale of which vary by state—has gotten lots of attention lately. And plenty of people drink it—4.4% of U.S. adults reported consuming it at least once in the past year (according to 2019 data), with 1.6% reporting they drink it at least once a month and 1.0% saying they do so at least once a week.
