The growing popularity of unpasteurized dairy to create milk and cheese products in the U.S. has raised public health concerns.<\/p>\n
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Raw Milk and Cheese Illness Stats<\/h3>\n
A report from the June 2017 issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases<\/a> of the CDC states that:<\/p>\n Listeria monocytogenes is often connected to unpasteurized dairy products. It can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, pregnant women and the elderly.<\/p>\n As consumption of unpasteurized dairy products grows, illnesses will increase steadily; a doubling in the consumption of unpasteurized milk or cheese could increase outbreak-related illnesses. Proponents of raw milk consumption rave about its positive health effects, pointing out that leafy green vegetables actually cause more foodborne illnesses than dairy product<\/p>\n Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, or goats that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria. This raw, unpasteurized milk can carry dangerous bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli<\/em>, and Listeria<\/em>, which are responsible for causing numerous foodborne illnesses.<\/p>\n Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized. Milk is an excellent medium for microbial growth, and when stored at ambient temperature bacteria and other pathogens soon proliferate.<\/p>\n The illness and deaths highlighted concerns over safety regulations around artisanal cheese production in the United States, particularly around the raw-milk cheese segment, which re-emerged only about a decade ago, experts say. The stats continue a debate between the virtues of raw-milk cheese, which aficionados say tastes better, and safety.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Harmful bacteria can seriously affect the health of anyone who drinks raw milk, or eats foods made from raw milk. However, the bacteria in raw milk can be especially dangerous to people with weakened immune systems, older adults, pregnant women, and children<\/strong>. In fact, the CDC analysis found that foodborne illness from raw milk especially affected children and teenagers.<\/p>\n National Wine and Cheese Day encourages people to experiment and enjoy one of the most basic, and classic, food-and-drink pairings. <\/p>\n But before you celebrate, educate yourself on the prevalence of harmful bacteria in various types of cheeses. Soft cheeses made with raw (unpasteurized) milk can contain harmful germs such as Listeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1106],"tags":[1247],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18222"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18222"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19707,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18222\/revisions\/19707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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What is raw dairy or milk?<\/h3>\n
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\t\tRaw Dairy Promotes Bacteria Growth<\/h3>\n
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\t\tIllness and Deaths Caused by Raw Milk & Cheese<\/h3>\n
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\nAs of January 22, 2019, investigators have determined that people in 19 states have bought or consumed raw milk from the implicated farm. The states are Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.<\/li>\n![\"aw_dairy_unpasterized_milk_food_safety_illness\"](\"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/raw_dairy_unpasterized_milk_food_safety_illness_001_shutterstock_401431894.jpg\")
\t\tGroups Vulnerable to Raw Milk<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nNational Wine and Cheese Day on Social Media<\/h3>\n
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Resources and References<\/h3>\n
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