Yes, it is unfortunate that our choice in some things has been taken away to due to a perceived need to protect us from anything that could go wrong. gosh - i hope that statement makes sense.
I remember when i was young spending every school hols on my grandparents farm. My pop would milk the cow every day and bring back 2 buckets of milk which would be poured into jugs to get to room temperature and the cream would form on the top and get scooped off to be used for dessert and then the jugs would go in the fridge. no-one was ever sick. if it could be sold without the need for mass transportation i am guessing it would be health ie. i am sure those large milk tankers would harbour bacteria as it would be difficult to empty and clean them out completely. but if consumers could go directly to the farmer, surely that would be safe.