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. 1982 Jun 12;284(6331):1761–1765. doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6331.1761

Communicable disease associated with milk and dairy products in England and Wales 1951-80.

N S Galbraith, P Forbes, C Clifford
PMCID: PMC1498668  PMID: 6805699

Abstract

In England and Wales between 1951 and 1980 233 reported outbreaks of communicable disease attributed to milk or dairy products affected nearly 10 000 people, of whom four died. Tuberculosis and brucellosis have been controlled, but milk-borne outbreaks of salmonellosis and campylobacter enteritis due to raw or defectively pasteurised milk are common and may be increasing in number. Universal heat treatment of milk is an effective preventive measure, and it is regrettable that the continued sale of untreated milk is to be permitted in England and Wales.

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