Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – Six children are among 21 people, who have e. Coli or Campillobacter infection raw milk From a farm in Florida, public health officials said.
The Health Department of Florida said on Monday that seven people have been admitted to the hospital, and at least two of them are suffering from serious complications. It was not specified that any of the six infected children under the age of 10 are among the people being treated in hospitals, nor how many people e. The coli was infected with the Campilobacter or both bacteria.
“The hygiene practices in this farm are particularly concerned due to the number of cases,” the state advisor reads, which does not identify the farm connected to the group of transitions in the Northeast and Middle Florida.
Raw milk is growing in popularity, despite Year of warning About this health risk Drinking unexpected drinking products. Food and Drug Administration and Disease Control and Prevention Center says raw milk is one “Risk” foods People can consume.
Raw milk is likely to be higher than passed milk so that dangerous bacteria such as Campilobacter, Listaria, Salmonella and E. Diseases and hospitalized due to coli research showsThe infection can cause gastrointestinal disease, and in some cases can cause serious complications, including life-threatening forms of kidney failure. Young children, elderly, immunologists and pregnant women are at greater risk of complications.
“We invented the pasteurization for a reason,” said Keith Schneider, a food security professor at Florida University. “It’s madness that this is happening.”
States have Widely different rules Regarding raw milk, some shops allow retail purchase and others only allow sales in fields. Some states allow “Counsers”, in which customers buy milk produced by specified animals, and some only allow the farm owners, employees or “non-paying guests”.
In Florida, the sale and distribution of raw milk for human consumption is illegal, but retailers only get around the ban by labeing their products for pets or animal food. Schneider called it “Wink, Wink, News, News,” the form of regulation.
Schneider said, “Everyone knows that they are selling it for human consumption,”
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