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Bad Milk Blamed for Wis. Outbreak
ATLANTA (AP) - Seventy-five people in Wisconsin suffered severe diarrhea, fever and cramps after drinking unpasteurized milk.
The December outbreak of campylobacter jejuni was traced to an organic dairy farm with 36 cows in Sawyer County, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Because Wisconsin prohibits sales of unpasteurized milk to the public, the farm distributed the unpasteurized milk through a cow-leasing program in which people paid a fee for the milk.
In 1995, 28 states allowed the sale of unpasteurized milk, including California.
In pasteurization - named after Louis Pasteur, the 19th-century French chemist who developed the process - milk is heated to more than 150 degrees to kill bacteria.
Many people believe unpasteurized milk tastes better and has more nutritional value. But studies have found no proof of such claims, said Dr. Donita Croft, a CDC official assigned to the Wisconsin Division of Public Health.
``We want the public to be aware that it's a risky practice,'' Croft said.
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Bad Milk Blamed for Wis. Outbreak
ATLANTA (AP) - Seventy-five people in Wisconsin suffered severe diarrhea, fever and cramps after drinking unpasteurized milk.
The December outbreak of campylobacter jejuni was traced to an organic dairy farm with 36 cows in Sawyer County, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Because Wisconsin prohibits sales of unpasteurized milk to the public, the farm distributed the unpasteurized milk through a cow-leasing program in which people paid a fee for the milk.
In 1995, 28 states allowed the sale of unpasteurized milk, including California.
In pasteurization - named after Louis Pasteur, the 19th-century French chemist who developed the process - milk is heated to more than 150 degrees to kill bacteria.
Many people believe unpasteurized milk tastes better and has more nutritional value. But studies have found no proof of such claims, said Dr. Donita Croft, a CDC official assigned to the Wisconsin Division of Public Health.
``We want the public to be aware that it's a risky practice,'' Croft said.
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