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To avoid potentially deadly poisoning by raw apple juice/cider, a repeated source of E. coli O157:H7 contamination, children, seniors, the immune impaired and pregnant women should drink only pasteurized apple juice/cider.

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"Given what we know today, pasteurized apple juice is the safest, most appropriate product format for children."

-- Greg Steltenpohl, Chairman, Odwalla, Inc.

"Children should never drink apple juice unless it has been pasteurized." -- Mark McAfee, Managing Partner/Owner, McAfee Apple Gardens,

Certified and HACCP Fruit Orchard

"Parents should not serve commercially prepared, unpasteurized juices to their children."

-- Dr. Glenn Billman, Associate Director of Pathology, Children's Hospital of San Diego

"Apple juice is one of the major children's foods."

-- Consumer Safety Officer Martin Stutzman, US FDA

"Until alternative effective methods can be developed, consumers (especially those at highest risk, which include children and the elderly) can reduce their risk for enteric infections by drinking pasteurized or boiled apple cider and juice."

--The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention