Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Agriculture Secretary Mike Beam are going along with a consent judgment issued last week by Kansas District Judge Richard Anderson that allows off-the-farm advertising of raw milk in the
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Review finds risk of illness from raw milk has increased
During a 15-year period a total of 26 foodborne outbreaks were due to consumption of raw, unpasteurized milk in England and Wales, according to results of a study. A review published in the journal Epidemiology
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Raw sheep’s milk cheese linked to French Salmonella outbreak
Almost 50 people are ill in France as part of a foodborne outbreak linked to eating a brand of unpasteurized, raw milk sheep’s cheese.
A spokeswoman from Santé publique France told Food Safety News that
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State warns public about positive Listeria test from raw bottled milk
The state of New York is warning people to not consume unpasteurized raw milk from Churchtown Dairy due to possible contamination of Listeria Monocytogenes.
On Friday, the state Department of Agriculture and Markets notified the
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Raw milk cheese recalled because of risk of Listeria monocytogenes
A Canadian company is recalling cheese made with raw, unpasteurized milk because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
The company, Les Dépendances in Quebec, initiated the recall of Dongé brand Coulommiers raw milk cheese,
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UK sends Salmonella-contaminated chicken back to Brazil
The United Kingdom has returned multiple containers of chicken to Brazil during a period of more than a year because of Salmonella.
Tereza Cristina, Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, confirmed the U.K. sent
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More ill in Listeria, E. coli outbreaks linked to raw milk cheese
Fifteen children and one adult have fallen ill in an E. coli outbreak in France linked to cheese made with unpasteurized milk.
Fourteen infants developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a severe complication associated
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Cheese firms stop legal action as raw milk cheese guidance revised
The second version of guidance on the production of cheese made from unpasteurized, raw milk published by Food Standards Scotland has been welcomed by a group that campaigned against the initial document.
Five Scottish cheesemakers
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Tennessee gambles by leaving raw milk loophole open for another year
A bill to close Tennessee’s raw milk loophole is dead, killed when it was assigned to the General Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.
The Tennessee General Assembly is now just hours away
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New Zealand officials seek feedback on rules for unpasteurized, raw milk
Authorities in New Zealand want feedback by the end of the month on whether rules around processing and selling raw drinking milk are working as intended. Between 2009 and 2016 there were 46 outbreaks where
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Amos Miller’s days of ignoring food safety laws may be coming to an end
The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has filed a civil action against Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm in Bird-in-Hand, PA.
It is not the first time that the U.S. Department of
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