CDC Study: Increase in Raw Milk Food Poisoning Outbreaks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new study in Emerging Infectious Diseases stating that the number of food poisoning outbreaks in the United States caused by raw...
View ArticleWyoming Steps Closer to Legal Raw Milk, More Food Poisoning, Critics Charge
A bill that would legalize the sale of raw milk and home-grown food has passed both houses of the Wyoming State Legislature. But critics say the bill, called the Food Freedom Act, contains no consumer...
View ArticleKentucky E. coli Outbreak Associated with Raw Milk in 2014
An E. coli outbreak in Kentucky in September 2014 was associated with raw milk consumption, according to the Kentucky Public Health Department. Five children in North Central Kentucky were sickened...
View ArticleClaravale Raw Milk May be Associated with Campylobacter Outbreak
The California Department of Public Health warned consumers that consumption of unpasteurized (raw) milk may cause serious illness. Six people in northern California have been diagnosed with...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins Review: Raw Milk Carries Higher Risk of Food Poisoning Than...
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted a literature review about the food safety of raw milk after a bill allowing the sale of raw milk directly to consumers was introduced to...
View ArticleStudy Finds Raw Milk Benefits Do Not Outweigh Risks
A study conducted by the Department of Environmental Health Services at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future has found that the benefits of...
View ArticleCampylobacter in Raw Milk Sickens Young Children in Odon and Montgomery IN
Campylobacter in raw milk has sickened several Indian children under the age of 2, according to the Indiana Department of Health. The illnesses were reported in the Odon and Montgomery areas. Symptoms...
View ArticleCampylobacter in Claravale Farms Goat Milk Sickens 3 Small Children
Three Orange County children, all under the age of 5, have been sickened by raw goat milk from Claravale Farms that was contaminated with Campylobacter, according to a report in the Orange County...
View ArticleCryptosporidiosis Outbreak Associated with Raw Milk in TN
The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is investigating multiple gastrointestinal disease reports among people who consumed raw milk before they got sick. Two cases of cryptosporidiosis have been...
View ArticleCampylobacter Outbreak in UK Linked to Raw Milk
At least 56 people are sick in the United Kingdom with Campylobacter infections after drinking raw milk purchased from a vending machine on a farm. The patient age range is from one year to 86 years....
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