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Lamplighter · 02-06-2012, 07:25 PM

There are two key phrases being overlooked in the above report summary:
"a single dairy plant" and "the strain had persisted in the plant
and repeatedly contaminated milk after pasteurization"

Generally, I would suggest the "after" means "after", not "despite" or "resistant to" pasteurization.
A follow up of that report would be interesting to see if they identified a specific source or procedure that failed.

I quibble with that idea of secondary infections would be due to "failure of universal precautions".
Universal precautions (to me) are hospital procedures.
In the "raw milk" story, such infections could be family members, school mates, etc. and occur before the "primaries" are apparent.

I frown on, but would not prohibit, a family from milking their own goats, cows, etc
for exclusive use of their own family because I assume parents will look
to the best interests of their own children.

But a business has other motivations and selling such a product risks the spread of disease into the public,
even more so if one is advocating NO government oversight such as inspections, testing, etc.

02-06-2012, 07:25 PM	#150
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	There are two key phrases being overlooked in the above report summary: "a single dairy plant" and "the strain had persisted in the plant and repeatedly contaminated milk after pasteurization" Generally, I would suggest the "after" means "after", not "despite" or "resistant to" pasteurization. A follow up of that report would be interesting to see if they identified a specific source or procedure that failed. I quibble with that idea of secondary infections would be due to "failure of universal precautions". Universal precautions (to me) are hospital procedures. In the "raw milk" story, such infections could be family members, school mates, etc. and occur before the "primaries" are apparent. I frown on, but would not prohibit, a family from milking their own goats, cows, etc for exclusive use of their own family because I assume parents will look to the best interests of their own children. But a business has other motivations and selling such a product risks the spread of disease into the public, even more so if one is advocating NO government oversight such as inspections, testing, etc.