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Article: STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND MILK BOARD JOIN TO WARN MISSOURIANS AGAINST CONSUMING RAW MILK PRODUCTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 16, 2008
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued the following news release:
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the Missouri State Milk Board together are warning Missourians that drinking raw goat or cow milk, or eating products made from raw milk, can lead to very serious illness and even death. Among several types of bacteria that can cause illness, raw milk can be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, a strain that can produce toxins that cause a condition called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
HUS is a serious, life-threatening complication that can cause severe, bloody diarrhea, injury to the kidneys and kidney failure. Half of all people with ...