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Raw Milk and Cheese Outbreaks 1998 to 2011 - 96 outbreaks with 1,666 illnesses
With two raw milk E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks in the news (one in Washington and one in California) that have sickened at least eight - five with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, I thought an updated chart of over a decade of raw milk and raw milk cheese outbreaks would be timely...

CDC - Majority of dairy-related disease outbreaks linked to raw milk
News release: "The rate of outbreaks caused by unpasteurized milk (often called raw milk) and products made from it was...

Kansas Warns Public About Raw Milk Danger
18 Ill from Campylobacter in January Outbreak This past January, Kansas experienced its third outbreak of disease associated with consumption of raw milk since 2007.  Chelsea Good, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, says because the 18 people who became ill in January with Campylobacter infection were "quickly and easily identifiable," no public announcement was made at the time...

California Orders Recall of Claravale Farm Raw Milk
Lab tests have confirmed the presence of Campylobacter bacteria in raw cream from Claravale Farm in California, according to state officials who have quarantined and issued a statewide recall notice for all the raw milk, raw nonfat milk and raw cream produced by the San Benito County dairy...

The reality is that raw milk is far more likely to make you ill than pasteurized milk
A new study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, found that the rate of outbreaks caused by unpasteurized milk (raw milk) and unpasteurized milk products was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pasteurized milk...

Raw dairy products lead to Campylobacter outbreaks in Kansas
49abcnews.com reported last week that at least 87 Kansans had become ill with Campylobacter infections after consuming raw dairy products in November.  The outbreaks were caused by raw cheese and raw milk - both products that have been identified as past food poisoning outbreaks, including E...

Milk Recalled
(improper pasteurization)

Non-Fat Dry Milk
Recalled by CPI Foods for Possible Salmonella Contamination

Possible Salmonella Contamination
Prompts Recall by Plainview Milk Products Cooperative