Anyone hear about risks of colostrum before? Think the risks are overstated or could it be worth not taking colostrum cause of the possibility of contamination of them?

It sounds like it can be healthy but some articles suggest it could have risks too such as those related raw milk.

From an article -

Michele Jay-Russell, a veterinarian and food safety specialist at the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security at University of California,
Davis, told Food Safety News that raw colostrum from cow-to-calf or human-to-baby during the first days of life is highly beneficial and helps build the newborn’s immune system.

But she also pointed out that raw colostrum is very susceptible to contamination with harmful bacteria when it is collected and stored on the farm, or delivered to stores. She said that if it’s left on the counter at room temperature for even a short time, pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella may quickly grow to dangerous levels.

“For these reasons, feeding raw colostrum from cows or other barn animals to human babies or young children is very risky,” she said. “Medical and public health organization worldwide advise people to avoid raw dairy products from farm animals, including colostrum.”

Jay-Russell also pointed to a research survey of raw colostrum on farms in Pennsylvania, including small dairies, that found high levels of fecal bacteria in colostrum samples.

“Approximately one in every six raw colostrum samples were positive for Salmonella in their survey,” she said.

In a letter sent to Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture in late November last year, food-safety attorney Bill Marler (publisher of Food Safety News) had warned Ross that “you have a product that is . . . putting children’s health at risk, a matter that your regulatory team should resolve immediately.”

He pointed out that raw colostrum was not regulated by the department and said that under the state’s Food and Ag Code, it should be because it “resembles milk.” He said that under the code, products containing milk or resembling milk need to meet the same safety standards as the milk product it contains or resembles.

“It is imperative that the CDFA regulate this product immediately,” Marler said in his letter, which as of Jan. 14 remained unanswered.

Marler also told Ross that a state report from 2006, when Organic Pastures was also linked to an E. coli outbreak, revealed that the dairy’s colostrum products had “extremely high coliform counts,” which is an indirect measure of fecal contamination" - http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/01/dairy-ends-sales-of-raw-colostrum/#.Ukz...