News Release
For immediate release
July 16, 2010
Algoma Public Health reminds the public that raw milk can be dangerous and warns people not to consume it.
“Raw, unpasteurized milk contains disease-causing organisms such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, and E.coli, commonly found on farms in animal waste. Pasteurization is a heat treatment of milk to kill these microorganisms to prevent diseases. Just as we would not eat a raw hamburger or raw chicken, we don’t drink raw milk,” said Virginia MacEachern , Public Health Inspector at Algoma Public Health.
“Ontario has had the benefit of safe pasteurized milk for almost a century. Unpasteurized milk distribution has been prohibited by law for decades.”
If anyone wants more information on the health risks of unpasteurized milk or any other food safety concerns please call 759-5286 or click
here.
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Media contact only:
Virginia MacEachern
Algoma Public Health
Public Health Inspector
(705) 759-5286
ID# 07-27