Milk borne diseases

Milk is an excellent culture medium for certain microorganisms causing serious problems to the consumers.

  • Milk serve not only as a vehicle of transmission of disease causing organisms , but it can also allow these pathogens to grow, multiply and produce certain toxic metabolite’s, which are extremely hazardous to public health.
  • The pathogenic organisms may gain entry in to milk and milk products during their production, processing, storage and distribution.
  • Salmonella poisoning (Salmonellosis), Bacillary dysentery (Shigellosis) and Streptococcal infection are milk borne diseases.

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