Brucella in raw milk can cause brucellosis, a form of food poisoning.
The Delaware Division of Public Health is warning consumers to avoid consuming raw dairy products as a woman living in Sussex County has been diagnosed with a Brucella melitensis infection. This illness affects people who come into contact with sick animals or contaminated animal products. The most common source of this infection is the consumption … Read more
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is again warning the public in 19 states about the potential exposure to Brucella RB51 in 19 states, connected to consuming raw milk from Miller’s Biodiversity Farm in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. One case of brucellosis was confirmed in New York in November 2018. Three people in the U.S. … Read more
The FDA is warning consumers who purchased raw milk from Udder Milk Co-Op that they may have been exposed to the RB51 strain of Brucella abortus, a pathogenic bacteria that can cause serious illness. A woman in New Jersey who drank the company’s milk has been infected with an antibiotic-resistant strain of that bacteria. Anyone … Read more
A Texas resident has been diagnosed with brucellosis and has been hospitalized after consuming raw milk from K-Bar Dairy in Paradise, Texas in Wise County. An investigation by Texas Department of State Health Services has determined that milk from that facility is “the most probable source of the infection.” K-Bar Dairy is a licensed raw milk … Read more
It never ceases to amaze me why people drink raw milk. Raw milk, as all should know, is unpasteurized. Pasteurization is the process by which milk, juices and other products are heated in order to kill off dangerous pathogens. Without pasteurization, bacteria that harm or even kill people remain in the milk. Pasteurization, a simple … Read more
A brucellosis outbreak in Texas has been linked to unpasteurized cheese from Mexico, according to a health advisory issued by the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services. A record number of 13 people have been diagnosed in 2016 so far. Dallas usually has only 2 to 6 cases of brucellosis every year. There … Read more
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources has lifted a cease and desist order against the sale of raw milk and raw milk products from Twin Rivers Farm in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, after a Brucellosis scare turned out to be a false alarm. The owner of the small dairy farm was diagnosed with the disease, which … Read more
The Massachusetts Department of Health issued an alert for raw milk, after a man who consumed raw milk from a dairy in December 2011 has been diagnosed with brucellosis. Brucellosis, which is caused by ingesting the Brucella bacteria, is rare in the United States and hasn’t been identified in Massachusetts for decades. It is also … Read more