[Explanation] Recently, there have been multiple reports of children contracting brucellosis from drinking freshly milked goats' milk in Xi'an, causing concern.
A reporter from China News Agency interviewed Jiang Rongmeng, director of the Office of the National Center for Infectious Diseases Medical Quality Control, in response to this situation. He said that unsterilized raw goat milk and raw milk are not recommended.
[Explanation] Jiang Rongmeng introduced that brucellosis is brucellosis. The main symptoms are fever, bone and joint pains and night sweats. It is a zoonotic disease. Human beings come in contact with cattle, sheep and other livestock. May be infected with brucellosis.
[Concurrent] Jiang Rongmeng, Director of the Office of the National Center for Infectious Diseases Medical Quality Control
People from sheep and cattle factories give birth to and help them, and they get infected without protection; in addition, it is related to this, such as slaughtering, fur processing, etc., as long as they have contact with these types of work, it is possible.
Including meat cutters is also possible, and if there is meat, it is also possible for him to do sales.
In addition, it is possible to eat meat without being cooked.
[Explanation] Jiang Rongmeng pointed out that the sterilized fresh milk on the market generally does not cause brucellosis, but the current milk may contain Brucella.
[Concurrent] Jiang Rongmeng, Director of the Office of the National Center for Infectious Diseases Medical Quality Control
Raw milk is definitely not recommended (drinking), raw milk, raw goat milk.
There is a Chinese saying that milk that has just been squeezed has high nutritional value, so it is dangerous to drink it right after squeezing it.
[Explanation] Jiang Rongmeng said that Brucella can be killed by high temperature, so if you do buy raw goat's milk, theoretically it can be sterilized by high-temperature boiling, but even so, he still does not recommend people to buy and consume freshly milked milk.
[Concurrent] Jiang Rongmeng, Director of the Office of the National Center for Infectious Diseases Medical Quality Control
One minute at 100 degrees is fine, just boil it well.
It is still not recommended to get it at home, because as I just said, contact can also be transmitted. For example, if you have a break in your hand, the goat’s milk really has (brucella) bacteria. Once you get it on your hand, it can also be infected. , Not necessarily by eating, and we generally boil and sterilize milk is not a common method, you have to cook at 100 degrees for a few minutes, the protein is denatured.
[Explanation] Jiang Rongmeng said that brucellosis can be prevented by vaccinating livestock, but if the cattle and sheep raised in free-range households have not been vaccinated, he urged the public to buy livestock products from formal channels instead of eating raw milk. Raw meat.
Wen Mengxin reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]