Sunday, January 12

Tag: E. coli

Is Raw Milk Safe? Here’s What to Know

Is Raw Milk Safe? Here’s What to Know

General
Keep in mind the days when you didn't understand what raw milk was (and didn't require to)? Well, those are over: raw-- or unpasteurized-- milk has actually remained in the news for months. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's candidate to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is an ardent advocate of raw milk; at the exact same time, as H5N1 distributes, some raw milk is being remembered following the detection of bird influenza infection in samples.Here's what to understand about the dangers of drinking raw milk. Can raw milk send illness to human beings? "Infections brought on by raw milk are unusual," states Marion Nestle, teacher emerita of nutrition, food research studies, and public health at New York University, "however when they happen they can b...
Swedish E. coli cases connected to imported parsley

Swedish E. coli cases connected to imported parsley

Health and Mediacal
Polluted parsley imported from southern Europe has actually been connected to a minimum of 150 E. coli cases in Sweden. Over 100 individuals were contaminated by Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC) and Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) after consuming food throughout a conference in Jönköping at the end of October. A comparable break out sickened 50 individuals in Stockholm. In Stockholm, individuals were contaminated around the exact same time at a dining establishment that served parsley from the exact same manufacturer. This led health authorities to think it was most likely parsley from Italy that triggered the break outs. An overall of 104 individuals at the conference reported they had actually suffered health problem. Samples were drawn from 4 cases. Analysis revealed they were contaminated...