Milk

• Los defensores presentaron más de tres docenas de proyectos de ley en las legislaturas estatales para ampliar el acceso a la leche cruda, a pesar de las advertencias de salud pública y al menos cinco brotes en el último año. • El brote actual de E. coli vinculado al queso cheddar de leche cruda de Raw Farm, con sede en California, ha enfermado a nueve personas, la mitad niños menores de 5 años, y uno de ellos ha desarrollado complicaciones renales de por vida. • Los funcionarios de salud pública advierten que la leche no pasteurizada alberga gérmenes peligrosos, lo que alarma a los expertos a medida que más estados legalizan su venta.

Farmers have been calling for higher prices for weeks, amid soaring diesel and fertiliser costs and limited supplyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastColes has increased home-brand milk prices by up to 20c a litre, with Woolworths set to follow as war in the Middle East starts to hit Australian grocery costs.The price rise will support the company’s bottom line against pressure from higher fuel and operating costs, while some of the revenue will be temporarily passed on to dairy farmers. Continue reading...

• FDA ties multistate E. coli outbreak sickening multiple individuals to cheese made with unpasteurized raw milk. • Highlights risks of raw dairy products in public health alerts. • Investigation ongoing to prevent further cases amid rising food safety concerns.

Cheddar cheese from California-based Raw Farm identified as ‘likely source’ of infections across multiple statesCheese from the country’s largest raw milk distributor have been linked to a multistate E coli outbreak.Raw cheddar cheese from the California-based company Raw Farm has been identified as the “likely source” of several E coli O157:H7 infections in California, Florida and Texas, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), PBS News reported, though no Raw Farm products have tested positive for E coli. Continue reading...