Don’t look, and you might think the raw milk you’re drinking
is safe.
But officials in Minnesota did look and during “routine
surveillance” linked six illnesses to the consumption of raw dairy products
from the Dennis
Jaloszyski dairy farm, near Cambridge, Minnesota.
Lab results identified the cause in three illnesses as Campylobacter
jejuni.
Health department officials were frustrated when they went to the farm
to pick up a customer list so they could alert the people to watch out for
symptoms of food poisoning.
The farmer said he doesn’t have a list.
That left officials to issue a general alert.
"We're concerned that people may be continuing to get sick after
consuming products from this farm," said Trisha Robinson, a foodborne
illness epidemiologist with MDH.
"While we are very concerned about the illnesses associated with
this farm, this also is about the inherent risk for foodborne illness from any
raw milk consumption," Robinson said.
"Drinking raw milk or eating
products made from raw milk can expose you to a variety of pathogens that can
result in anything from a few days of diarrhea to kidney failure and death.
"People need to think carefully about those risks before consuming raw dairy
products from any source, and people need to know that the risks are especially
high for young children," she said.
It's one thing for stupid adults to shop for raw milk, but quite another to serve it to sweet innocent infants and toddlers.
