Recent illnesses related to raw milk consumption have been reported in Colorado and New Mexico with 20 people sickened by campylobacter and two by cryptosporidia. Chris Galen of the National Milk Producer’s Federation says they’re concerned by the outbreaks, but not surprised.

Galen says some states have relaxed their laws to allow for raw milk consumption. He says earlier this year there was a very public incident where people got sick after consuming raw milk.

Galen says one of his group’s major concerns is the black eye the entire dairy industry gets when these raw milk illnesses occur.

Raw milk is any milk that has not gone through pasteurization, which destroys many potentially harmful bacteria including campylobacter, e. coli, listeria, salmonella and cryptosporidia.