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Article: KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REMIND CONSUMERS OF HEALTH RISKS TIED TO RAW MILK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 4, 2007
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The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following press release:
Following two outbreaks of campylobacteriosis that made at least 87 people ill, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Agriculture are advising the public to avoid consuming raw milk or products made from raw milk.
Campylobacteriosis is an intestinal infection caused by the bacteria Campylobacter. Infection often causes diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, nausea, headache and muscle pain. In the first outbreak in southwest Kansas, 68 people became ill after eating cheese made from raw (unpasteurized) milk donated by a local dairy for a community celebration. Nineteen people were ill ...