新西兰：恒天然奶品未被肉毒杆菌污染

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BBC Chinese, Aug 28, 2013.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... contamination.shtml

Note: The report is based on

Negative WPC tests confirm no risk to public. Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand, Aug 28, 2013
http://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-reso ... m-no-risk-to-public

first two paragraphs:

"The Ministry for Primary Industries has received results confirming that the bacteria found in the whey protein concentrate (WPC) manufactured by Fonterra is not Clostridium botulinum. The organism is confirmed as Clostridium sporogenes. It is therefore not capable of producing botulism causing toxins.

"There are no known food safety issues associated with Clostridium sporogenes, although at elevated levels certain strains may be associated with food spoilage.

Note:
(a) Clostridium sporogenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_sporogenes
(b) Presence of Clostridium bacteria nonetheless means milk products are contaminated.

Pascal Drouin and Carole Lafrenière, Chapter 18 Clostridial Spores in Animal Feeds and Milk. in Narongsak Chaiyabutr (ed), Milk Production - An Up-to-Date Overview of Animal Nutrition, Management and Health. InTech, 2012.
http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/3 ... _feeds_and_milk.pdf

"A group of clostria species had been recognized as important milk contaminant." at page 376

"Clostridium sporogenes could be found in soil and manure." at page 378

There is no need to read the rest of teh chapter.