Raw milk appears to be growing in popularity and so are the outbreaks.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that the average number of outbreaks from contaminated unpasteurized milk more than quadrupled from three a year between 1993 to 2006 to about 13 between 2007 and 2012.
Overall, there were 81 outbreaks, sickening nearly 1,000 people, including 73 who were hospitalized. Most of the illnesses — nearly 80 percent — were caused by campylobacter, one of the most common foodborne pathogens.
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