In the push to produce the healthiest milk, one manufacturer is striving to be better than the best. If things go according to plan, organic milk, once considered the pillar of safe dairy, could be eclipsed by Ultrapure milk, a cheaper, hyper-cleansed dairy product that uses a bacterial centrifuge and filtration system to remove 95 percent of the bacteria found in milk.

Milk: does it do a body good? It’s a question I’ve been asking for years. The answer is contingent upon my mood, cravings, or the article I’ve just read. There are months when the only carton of milk that enters my refrigerator comes not from a cow, but from soybeans, rice, or almonds. Other times of the year I tear through gallons of the real stuff (always organic, but that’s another story).

Imagine losing your head over a block of cheese. It nearly happened to four men in Memphis after a young woman visiting their home mistook a slab of queso fresco she spotted for