Contaminated milk found in Dutchess County - Times Herald-Record

Officials have found disease-causing bacteria contaminating raw milk from a Dutchess County dairy, the state Department of Agriculture and Markets announced Wednesday.

The state has not had any reports of illness caused by the milk.

Ag and Markets Commissioner Richard Ball warned consumers that a sample taken Jan. 25 from Shunpike Dairy in Millbrook tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, the bacterium that causes listeriosis. Further testing confirmed the contamination on Jan, 30. The state has prohibited the producer from selling raw milk until further testing shows their product is free of harmful bacteria.

Officials said anyone who bought raw milk from Shunpike Dairy should discard it immediately.

Listeriosis is a serious infection which causes short-term flu-like symptoms such as high fever, severe headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea in healthy people, and can cause serious and sometimes fatal infection in young children, the elderly and others with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis in pregnant women can also cause miscarriage and stillbirths.

Raw milk has not been subject to pasteurization, a heating process that kills bacteria responsible for a number of illnesses including listeriosis, salmonellosis, typhoid fever, diphtheria and brucellosis.



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