Today’s column comes from Dr. Robert Cohen…Not a Good Day for Cheeseheads
“Listeria organisms excreted in cow’s milk escaped
pasteurization, grew well at refrigerator temperatures,
and were ingested by consumers.”
– New England Journal of Medicine, 1985
On Saturday (November 28, 2010), Saputo Cheese pulled their
dairy products from supermarkets. At the same time, Whole
Foods stores have pulled cheddar cheeses from their markets.
Why?
Got Listeria?
Should you eat listeria-infected cheese, it can take 45 days
for those bacterium to make you very ill. So, sometime
between Christmas and until up to two weeks aafter New Year’s
day, here are the symptoms you might experience, accordng to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA):
“Listeria contaminated foods may cause listeriosis, a disease
that usually causes mild flu-like symptoms in healthy
individuals; however in immune-compromised individuals,
meningitis and blood poisoning can occur. Pregnant women
are also considered a high-risk group, as listeriosis can
also result in stillbirths.”
You will neither see nor taste the tiny listeria bacterium.
Listeria is colorless and odorless to human senses.
Do you imagine that six weeks after eating tainted cheese
from tainted milk, you will make the connection from one
potentially lethal meal?
The solution? Come to terms with the following: Traces of
listeria or salmonella or E. coli is the rule when it comes
to milk and not the exception. The Food and Drug Administration
has set a policy of allowing 19,000 germ cells of dangerous
bacteria which come from cow colons in each liter of milk
which you will consume if you’ve not yet eliminated
that disgusting food group from your diet?
Why do they do this? Because if they were to ban these bacteria,
they would have to immediately recall 9-million dairy cows and
end the dairy industry.
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com