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Clinical Infectious Diseases
Data on clinical infectious diseases reported by researchers at Ohio State University
January 27th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Although milk and dairy products are important components of a healthy diet, if consumed unpasteurized, they also can present a health hazard due to possible contamination with pathogenic bacteria. These bacteria can originate even from clinically healthy animals from which milk is derived or from environmental contamination occurring during collection and storage of milk." "The decreased frequency of bovine carriage of certain zoonotic pathogens and improved milking hygiene have contributed considerably to decreased contamination of milk but have not, and cannot, fully eliminate the risk of milkborne disease....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-27)
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