Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Dispatch
Increased Outbreaks Associated with Nonpasteurized Milk, United States, 2007–2012
Elisabeth A. Mungai
, Casey Barton Behravesh, and L. Hannah Gould
, Casey Barton Behravesh, and L. Hannah Gould
Table
Source of milk in outbreaks associated with nonpasteurized milk, by legal status of state sales, United States, 2007–2012*
| Legal status of raw milk sales (no. states) | Source where milk was purchased or obtained† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State (no. outbreaks) | Dairy farm | Licensed or commercial milk seller | Cow or herd share | Other‡ | Not reported | Total | |
| Allowed on farms and at retail stores separate from farms (legal, 12 states) | Pennsylvania (17), Washington (5), Utah (5), South Carolina (5), California (3), Idaho (1), Arizona (1), Connecticut (1) | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 38 |
| Restricted to farms (legal, 14 states) | Minnesota (6), New York (6), Wisconsin (3), Kansas (2), Massachusetts (1), Nebraska (1), Missouri (2) | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Allowed on farm and at retail stores if standards met (legal, 1 state) | Vermont (4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Only at farmer's markets (legal, 1 state) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prohibited but allows cow or herd share (1 state) | Colorado (3) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Prohibited, including cow or herd share (illegal, 20 states) | Ohio (4), Michigan (4), North Dakota (2), Iowa (1), Indiana (1), Georgia (1), Alaska (1), Tennessee (1) | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| On-farm sales allowed only from farms with 2 producing cows, 9 producing sheep, and/or 9 producing goats (legal, 1 state) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total | 48 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 81 | |
*Data for this analysis were downloaded on June 6, 2013.
†Cow milk in 77 outbreaks, goat milk in 4 outbreaks.
‡Bed and breakfast lodging (1 outbreak), flea market (1 outbreak), raw milk buying club (1 outbreak).
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