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Staphylococcus Aureus
S. aureus food poisoning outbreak caused by enterotoxin H in mashed potato with raw milk
January 17th, 2006
A Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning outbreak was caused by enterotoxin H in mashed potatoes prepared with raw milk. "Mashed potato made with raw bovine milk was suspected to have been the source of a food poisoning outbreak. Almost 8x108 Staphylococcus aureus CFU g-1 were detected in the mashed potato. "S. aureus was also found in bulk milk from the farm that had supplied milk for the mashed potato," scientists writing in the journal FEMS Microbiology Letters report. According to H.J. Jorgensen and colleagues at the Norway National Veterinary Institute in Oslo, "Isolates from...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-01-17)
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