BACKGROUND In Connecticut, despite hazards of raw milk consumption, attempts to ban raw milk sales have been unsuccessful. In July 2008, 2 children experienced Escherichia coli O157-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) after consuming raw milk purchased at a retail market and a farm (farm X). We investigated to determine the outbreak source and control measures. METHODS Confirmed cases ...

Use of raw milk and dairy products containing aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) has led to concern inconsumers. The present study determined the AFM1 in raw cow's milk in Qazvinprovince. In this research, 170 raw cow's milk were collected from dairy farm, dairyfactories, milk collection centers, and milk supply centers in Qazvin province during coldseasons in 2013, and all samples were examined for AFM1. The...

There continues to be considerable public debate on the possible benefits regarding the growing popularity of the consumption of raw milk. However, there are significant concerns by regulatory, or public health, organizations like the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of risk of contracting milkborne illnesses if the raw milk is contaminated...

Diarrhea is an important hygienic problem in under development countries. Among pathogenic agents Escherichia coli is the most etiologic agent of diarrhea in children below five years old. Some E. coli strains produce cytotoxins that have cytopathic effect on vero cell and identified as verotoxin. This study performs for resolve frequency of Vero Toxigenic Escherichia coli...

Milk quality criteria and limits for somatic cell count (SCC) established in many countries make it difficult to maintain SCC of bulk tank goat milk below the threshold, due to non infection factors linked to goat physiology. The aim of this study was to objectively verify the effects of SCC on fresh caprine milk cheese. Somatic cells were recovered from pooled healthy goat milk, and added to l...

backgrounds and aims: healthy milk and dairy products are important in human nutrition  because of the high value of the food. contaminated raw milk is the mainly way of transmition of brucellosis to humans.unpasteurized milk and dairy products can contagion to human and cause mallta fever. so brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease in human and animals especially domestic animals. the aim...

Among recent trends towards less processed foods is a growing consumer demand for raw (unpasteurised) dairy products. In spite of the public health risks and an increased awareness of pathogens in milk, proponents of raw milk consumption are of the view that pasteurisation kills beneficial microorganisms believed to have antimicrobial properties towards pathogens. This study thus aimed to exami...

During May 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Health investigated an outbreak of campylobacteriosis among consumers of raw (unpasteurized) milk from a dairy certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) to sell raw milk onsite, at retail stores, and at off-farm pick-up sites. Investigation by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and PDA identified six confirmed and two probab...

The characteristics of microbial populations in raw milk at the time of processing has a significant influence on shelf life, organoleptic quality, spoilage and yields of the raw milk, processed milk as well as on the other dairy products. Unfortunately, cold and extended storage of raw milk, as a common practice in dairy sector today, favour the growth of psychrotrophic bacteria. Therefore, th...

AIM This review gives an outline of the assessment of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus tainting levels in raw milk from different sources in Egypt and characterization of enterotoxigenic strains utilizing a technique in light of PCR to identify genes coding for the production of staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE). The obtained data were compared with results from the application of the revers...