The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections potentially linked to Sierra Nevada Graziers raw milk cheese.
Thirteen people in nine states have been sickened in the E. coli outbreak, including eight who were hospitalized and three who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a potentially serious complication of E. coli infection that presents with bloody diarrhea and fever, according to the CDC. No deaths have been reported, the FDA said.
States with E. coli cases linked to raw milk cheese include California, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Tennessee and Utah.
I’ve had raw milk still warm from the cow, literally watched it get milked. The majority of people don’t understand the problems that arise between udder and grocery store shelf are why we need safety regulations or any kind of nuance.
There’s plenty of potential problems in the milking shed, starting with properly cleaning the udder before milking. Cow shit gets everywhere.
Yes, I thought I covered that with ‘problems between udder and grocery store’