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Raw Milk Consumption

Dangers of Raw Milk
http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm079516.htm

Food Safety and Raw Milk
http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/rawmilk/raw-milk-index.html

Campylobacter jejuni—An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/1/pdfs/99-0104.pdf

James B Dean. 2005 The raw milk wars: consumer accessibility to raw milk. Proc Am Ag Law Assoc, 26th annual agricultural law symposium, Oct 7-8.

J Mazurek, E Salehi, D Propes, et al. 2004. A multistate outbreak of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium infection linked to raw milk consumption- Ohio, 2003. J Food Protection 67;2156-2170.
Also at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5226a3.htm

Outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni Infections Associated with Drinking Unpasteurized Milk Procured through a Cow-Leasing Program --- Wisconsin, 2001. MMWR Weekly, June 28, 2002/51(25);548-549.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5125a2.htm

Ladd-Wilson S, Yang S, Deneen V, et al. High-Risk Food Consumption, handling, and Preparation Practices of Adults in the FoodNet Sites, 1996-1997. 1st International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Atlanta, GA, March 1998.

Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection Associated With Eating Fresh Cheese Curds --- Wisconsin, June 1998. MMWR Oct 13, 2000/49(40);911-913
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4940a3.htm

RC Wood, KL MacDonald, MT Osterholm.1992. Campylobacter enteritis outbreaks associated with drinking raw milk during youth activities. A 10-year review of outbreaks in the United States. JAMA. 1992 Dec 9;268(22):3228-30.

JM Rangel, PH Sparling, C Crowe, et al. 2005. Epidemiology of Escherichia coliO157:H7 Outbreaks, United States, 1982–2002. Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 11, No. 4, April 2005
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15829201

SG Kim, EH Kim, CJ Lafferty, E Dubovi. 2005. Coxiella burnetiiin Bulk Tank Milk Samples, United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 11, No. 4, April 2005
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15829205

IA Gillespie, GK Adak, SJ O’Brien, FJ Bolton. Milkborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease, England and Wales, 1992–2000. Epidemiol Infect. 2003;130:461–8.

CR Friedman, RM Hoekstra, M Samuel, et al. 2004. Sporadic Campylobacter Infection in the United States: A Case-Control Study in FoodNet Sites. 2004:38 (Suppl 3) • S285
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15095201

JA Korlath, MT Osterholm, JLA Forfang, et al. 1985. A point-source outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with consumption of raw milk. J Infect Dis. Sep;152(3):592-6.

RG Villar, MD Macek, S Simons, et al. Investigation of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium DT104 Infections Linked to Raw-Milk Cheese in Washington State. JAMA. 1999;281:1811-1816.

VB Alvarez. 4/15/2005. Health risks Associated with the Consumption of Raw Milk and Milk Products.

JR Stabel. 2003. Effective Methods for Postharvest Intervention in Dairy Processing. JDS 86:E10-E15

VH Holsinger, KT Rajkowski, JR Stabel. 1997. Milk pasteurization and safety: a brief history and update. Rev Sci Tech 16 (2):441-451

Escherichia coli O157 on U.S. Dairy Operations
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/nahms/dairy/dairy02/Dairy02Ecoli.pdf

Salmonella and Campylobacter on U.S. Dairy Operations
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/nahms/dairy/dairy02/Dairy02SalCampy.pdf
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/nahms/dairy/downloads/dairy02/Dairy02_is_SalCampy.pdf

Salmonella and Listeria in Bulk Tank Milk on U.S. Dairies
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/nahms/dairy/dairy02/Dairy02bulktank.pdf https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/nahms/dairy/downloads/dairy07/Dairy07_is_SalList.pdf

CDC Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Foodborne outbreak response and surveillance unit has a search feature that allows enumeration of foodborne outbreaks 1990-1995 by various criteria.

The Campaign for Raw Milk in Ohio - websites
http://www.realmilk.com/real-milk-finder/ohio/

The Weston A Price Foundation
http://www.westonaprice.org/

Examples of cow-share agreements:
http://www.realmilk.com/cowfarmshare.html

Frequently asked questions which include responses to consumption of raw milk from one farm that cow-shares:
http://www.realmilk.com/

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