Contamination of Infant Feeds in a Milton Milk Kitchen

A comparative study of gram-negative aerobic bacilli in the faeces of babies born in hospital and at home

“…It is difficult to judge whether these differences are due to the beneficial effects of breast milk (Michael et al 1971;Willis et al 1973;Adinolfi et al 1966;Bullen, Rogers & Leigh, 1972), or to the contamination of bottle feeds with bacteria (Ayliffe, Collins & Pettit, 1970). The beneficial effects of breast milk in this respect were not demonstrated in hospital babies who received bottle feed supplements.…”

Klebsiellaspecies in hospital food and kitchens: a source of organisms in the bowel of patients

“…Hospital food has been shown to contain klebsiellas in numbers great enough to suggest that colonization of the bowel might occur (Montgomerie et al 1970;Shooter et al 1971) and infant feeds have also been shown to be contaminated (Ayliffe, Collins & Pettit, 1970).…”

Bacterial challenges in food

“…As it is presented at table, or in hospital, or in the nursery, our food is regularly contaminated with many different organisms (McKillop, 1959;Riemann, 1969;Anderson and Gatherer, 1970;Ayliffe, Collins and Pettit, 1970;Cooke et al, 1970;Shooter et al, 1970Shooter et al, , 1971 Table 2 summarizes results of studies on carriage rates for so-called typical food-poisoning strains of Cl. welchii.…”