Dallas County TX Raw Milk Salmonella
A Texas raw milk Salmonella outbreak in Dallas County is under investigation by health officials who have already confirmed a link between 3 illnesses and one Texas dairy farm. According to a press release from the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services, A 56-year-old Dallas County resident was hospitalized after drinking unpasteurized milk and has since recovered.
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Since November, three similar cases had been reported to the state and were under investigation. All four cases have been linked to exposure to raw milk and three have been linked to one dairy farm, the release said. Officials didn't name the farm, but WFAA-TV of Dallas/Ft. Worth reported that state investigators were testing for Salmonella at Lavon Farms in Plano, where one of the victims allegedly purchased raw milk.
Owner Todd Moore told WFAA-TV the farm sold thousands of gallons of raw milk and never received complaints of any illness. Raw milk products can be bought and sold legally in Texas.
But Dallas County Health and Human Services Medical Director Dr. Steven Harris is urging the public to avoid consuming raw milk or raw milk products because of the risk for potentially deadly bacterial infections. Raw milk is unsafe because it is not pasteurized -- a flash heating process that kills human pathogens without spoiling milk's nutritional value..
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