State regulators in Michigan have issued a public warning about raw cheese sold at farmers markets in the state.
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said some cheese produced at Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery LLC of Onondaga, MI, may have been made and held in unsanitary conditions without
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In the month after H5N1, bird flu spread to more humans, especially dairy cow herds, more experts in the United States are focusing more attention on the issue.
It was unexpected news last month that cows from a milking herd in Texas had tested positive for H5N1, but apparently, pasteurization
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Public health officials in Michigan are again warning against drinking unpasteurized, raw milk, this time because of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that has been found in dairy herds.
The virus has been found in dairy cattle in eight states, including Michigan. It has also been detected in wild
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Two state legislatures have been handling bills for selling unpasteurized, raw milk. One in Michigan is stalled in committee, while the other in West Virginia has been approved without the governor’s signature.
It is against the law to sell raw milk across state lines, and many states have full or
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This time, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture executed a duly issued search warrant on Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm. The state’s responsibility was to determine if raw eggnog and other unpasteurized, raw dairy products produced by Miller were responsible for positive Shiga toxin-producing E. Coli tests in Michigan and
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The CDC is now reporting that the number of sick people has more than doubled in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with romaine lettuce on sandwiches from Wendy’s restaurants.
As of this afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has confirmed reports of 84 people infected.
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As public health officials continue to investigate an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine on sandwiches from Wendy’s restaurants, there is an increasing gap between patient numbers being reported by state and federal sources.
State and federal officials all say that the outbreak and investigation are fast-moving, complicating the counting
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Officials in Michigan are investigating almost 100 cases of E. coli infections in the state including a cluster of illnesses reported this past week in Ottawa County.
The 98 cases reported so far this month mark a huge jump in cases during the same time period in 2021 when 20
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Public health officials in Michigan are warning residents of rising cases of E. coli infections.
Officials in Ottawa County report that they are tracking nine cases of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli. Four patients have been so sick they have been admitted to hospitals.
The county health officials say the nine
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Amid an ongoing outbreak, BrightFarms is expanding a recall of packaged salad greens that were produced in its Rochelle, IL, greenhouse farm and sold in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan because of potential Salmonella contamination.
The initial recall can be viewed here.
BrightFarms is taking this action after being
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