Raw Milk from a Pennsylvania Dairy Farm Sickened 148 People in 2012

by Lurker Sun May 05, 2013 10:23 pm

Even under the best circumstances, unpasteurized milk can make people sick, a new report concludes.
In one of the biggest outbreaks of campylobacter bacteria seen nationally in recent years, raw milk from a Pennsylvania dairy farm sickened 148 people in four states in January 2012, according to the report. Most campylobacter outbreaks involve a dozen or fewer people.
The report, which details what happened during the outbreak, said the dairy that sold the milk had a permit for selling unpasteurized milk, and had passed all inspections. The farm was among the largest sellers of unpasteurized milk in the state.

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/05/18069012-raw-milk-sickened-scores-even-with-oversight-report-finds?lite

by Lurker Sun May 05, 2013 10:28 pm

I think people need to understand why Louis Pasteur developed the pasteurization process. People who drink unpasteurized milk are exposed to all sorts of bacteria and molds that can make you sick.

by veya_victaous Mon May 06, 2013 1:42 am

@lurker
no they don't
because they probably also don't understand Darwinism either, let those that want to drink it.

by Ben Reilly Mon May 06, 2013 4:52 am

Hahah, I remember at the old place how the libertardians used to scream and holler about the mean old government cracking down on people who sold disease-ridden milk. They honestly believed that a system could be functional in which people who got injured or died because of a shoddy product served as a warning to the rest of the public. Sorry, I don't fancy being sacrificed to the free-market deities.

by DrSchool Thu May 09, 2013 8:55 am

Is it illegal to sell unpasteurized milk?

by captain Fri May 10, 2013 12:12 am

In some parts of the country you can still by full cream milk. In my area it is all pasteurized or sterilized and both taste of plastic but the sterilized as the added flavour of burn to it. Suspect

by Ben Reilly Fri May 10, 2013 3:07 am

... though subject to regulations such as permitting. Obviously that didn't do enough to make the milk safe in this case.

On a related topic, that explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas? A reporter covering it tweeted a link to a 2011 report that shows that the U.S. gov. is so cash-starved, it has only enough safety inspectors to inspect plants like the one that blew up about once every century.

by Lurker Fri May 10, 2013 2:08 pm

I remember the government consumer products inspector for the entire country used to be one guy named "Bob" .

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Not in UK.

Not in U.S., either

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