Delaware Health and Social Services issued a press release yesterday regarding one case each of Listeriosis and Brucellossis with links to raw dairy products:
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) has identified simultaneous cases of Brucellosis in a 58 year old female New Castle County resident and Listeriosis in a 44 year old male in Sussex
Despite an ever-growing list of food poisoning outbreaks tied to raw milk, there have simultaneously been a number of media reports claiming that the beverage is gaining in popularity.
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consumption rates for raw milk. At the time of the
The raw milk controversy continues to generate press- both in print and in the "blogosphere." Last Thursday on my layover in Minneapolis, this article was on the front page of the Star Tribune. On June 4, the New York Times ran an Op-Ed from Michael Feldman discussing the Wisconsin Governor’s veto of a bill that would
The Washington State Department of Health (WDOH) announced today that two recent E. coli O157:H7 infections are connected to the consumption of "raw" unpasteurized milk. According to WDOH "The two cases confirmed this month bring the count of infections this year associated with one Bellingham dairy to eight."
Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is
Still not half way through 2010, and we have already seen at least six outbreaks of illness, involving three different dangerous pathogens, tied to raw milk. There have been outbreaks in Minnesota, Nevada, Utah (2), and Pennsylvania, as well as a single outbreak that included illnesses in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. Raw milk consumers have been
The Utah County Health Department (UCHD) has confirmed that six Salmonella illnesses in April were linked to raw milk sold at Real Foods stores in Orem and Heber City, Utah. All the individuals were ill with Salmonella Newport, and each reported consuming the raw milk. Now it is reported that UCHD tested samples of the milk from
A group of food-safety advocates from a broad spectrum of backgrounds has launched realrawmilkfacts.com to provide potential consumers with information about unpasteurized milk. The website draws contributions from "Scientists, food safety advocates and health educators from universities, government, industry, and professional organizations."
There have been numerous media reports lately of the growing popularity of raw
With so much on our plates currently wirh regard to food safety (E. coli O145 outbreak in Michigan, Ohio, and New York; ongoing raw milk debate; and pending debate on S 510 "Food Safety Modernization Act"), even seemingly disparate current events, like the oil spill, matter to us in the outbreak
Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture suspended permits that allow the Elmer Z. and Martha B. King farm in Aaronsburg, Centre County, and Cedar Hollow Farm in Mill Hall, Clinton County, to sell raw milk for human consumption after test samples revealed potentially harmful pathogen levels.
Although no illnesses have been reported, the department is
Investigating the 13 Michigan cases in this outbreak, and identifying the source of infection, cost about $22,500: $1,697 in lab costs for personnel and supplies, and $12,201 for follow-up at the state level. A rough estimate of Michigan Department of Agriculture personnel costs is about $8,600.
This was a relatively small-scale outbreak that, fortunately, did