Reported Outbreaks of Food Borne Illness

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Reported Outbreaks of Food Borne Illness

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Drawn up for a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

vote on permitting raw milk in the County.

RAW MILK—

with WARNING LABEL

PASTEURIZED MILK—

NO WARNING LABEL

OTHER FOODS—

NO WARNING LABEL

No outbreaks of human illness from consumption of raw milk in California.

1997, 28 persons ill from Salmonella in California, ALL FROM PASTEURIZED

MILK.

Massachusetts, June 1996, 38 persons ill and possibly contributing to one

death from food contaminated with Salmonella served in a Wendy's restaurant.

1996, 46 persons ill from Campylobacter and Salmonella in California.

Idaho, September 1995, 11 people ill due to E. coli 0157:H7 traced to food

eaten in a Chili's restaurant in Boise.

No outbreaks of human illness from consumption of raw milk in California.

1994, 105 persons ill from E. coli and Listeria in California

Florida, August 1995, 850 people ill from Salmonella newport bacteria in

chicken served at Margarita y Amigos restaurant in West Palm Beach.

March of 1985 19,660 confirmed cases of Salmonella typhimurium illness FROM

CONSUMING PROPERLY PASTEURIZED MILK. Over 200,000 people ill from Salmonella

typhimurium in PASTEURIZED MILK

Utah, January 1995, 96 people ill from hepatitis A traced to an employee of

a Taco Bell restaurant in Salt Lake City

No outbreaks of human illness from consumption of raw milk in California.

1985, 142 cases and 47 deaths traced to PASTEURIZED Mexican-style cheese

contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Washington, DC, August 1994, 56 people ill and 20 hospitalized from

Salmonella in Hollandaise sauce.

1985, 1500 persons ill from Salmonella infection

Georgia, October 1993, one dead, 7 others ill from botulism in canned cheese

sauce.

No outbreaks of human illness from consumption of raw milk in California.

August of 1984 approximately 200 persons became ill with a Salmonella

typhimurium from CONSUMING PASTEURIZED MILK

Illinois, June 1993, 41 people ill, 25 hospitalized from Salmonella in food

served at a Mexican restaurant.

November of 1984, another outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium illness from

CONSUMING PASTEURIZED MILK

Oregon, March 1993, 48 people ill from E. coli 0157:H7 in mayonnaise served

at Sizzler restaurant.

No outbreaks of human illness from consumption of raw milk in California.

1983, over 49 persons with Listeria illness have been associated with the

consumption of PASTEURIZED MILK in Massachusetts.

An additional 50 cases of illness caused by E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria in

food served in Sizzler's restaurants in Oregon and Washington were reported to

CDC in 1993.

1993, 28 persons ill from Salmonella infection

The western US, December 1992 to January 1993, 700 people ill from E. coli

0157:H7 in hamburgers served at Jack-in-the-Box restaurants in Washington,

Idaho, Nevada and California. Nearly 100 of the victims developed hemolytic

uremic syndrome, a serious complication resulting from E. coli 0157:H7

infection, and four children died.

No outbreaks of human illness from consumption of raw milk in California

1982, 172 persons ill (100 hospitalized) from a three Southern state area

from PASTEURIZED MILK.

1982, over 17,000 persons became ill with Yersinia enterocolitica from

PASTEURIZED MILK bottled in Memphis, Tennessee.

 

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