Outbreak of Milk Poisoning Due to a Toxin-Producing Staphylococcus Found in the Udders of Two Cows

The Pathogenic Staphylococci

“…Dolnan (60) cites several such outbreaks involving at least 500 persons in the five years up to 1934. Since then several more outbreaks have been reported, involving about 2000 more individuals (17, 38,39,43,45,46,47,53,61,116,131,132,135,186,187,196,208,215,227,232,241,251). The geographic distribution of these outbreaks is of interest, for practically all to date have been in the United States and Canada.…”

“…A variety of foods has been incriminated in staphylococcal food poisoning. Chief among these are bakery goods (17,38,39,42,45,53,61,131,132,186,196,208,227,260), and milk and ice cream (5,43,187,215,232,233,241). In addition, single outbreaks have been traced to such foods as cheese (131), meat and gravy (46,135,252), salads (116), oysters (175), and fish cakes (145).…”