The toll of raw milk consumers has risen to 37 sickened with
Campylobacter jejuni.
.
Officials
in Maryland have now found the stomach-churning bacteria in two unopened
samples purchased from the Family Cow farm in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
The
family farm sells raw milk from an on-farm retail outlet and distributes to
outlets around Pittsburgh.
In
Ontario, Michael Schmidt and his customers continue to insist that
raw milk is
not only safe, but better for people than pasteurized milk.
Given
the volume of raw milk sold in North America, the incidence of bacterial food
poisoning is alarmingly higher than among the tens of millions of consumers who
drink pasteurized milk.
Public
health officials have been trying for years to shut down Schmidt’s raw-milk
operation, but he has tied it up in court challenges.
I would not be surprised if he and his defiant customers eventually face criminal charges for exposing innocent children to bacterial poisoning.
