In the Aisne, 30 cases of people contaminated by the bacteria Escherichia coli (therefore 29 children) after eating meat were recorded. While the prefecture of Aisne and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Hauts-de-France announced on July 2 that they have established “A formal biological link between the place of supply and the contamination of patients”many reminders of the precautions to be taken to protect yourself from dangerous bacteria and parasites that can be in food.
Until the age shouldn’t children eat raw milk cheese?
It is not only in meat that can be found dangerous pathogens, such as E. coli, but also salmonella or Listeria. There may also be in cheese, with greater risk with those with raw milk. This is why they are not recommended for pregnant or immunocompromised people, but also to children.
According to the recommendations of the French health authorities, including the National Agency for the Safety of Food, Environment and Work, children under the age of 5 should not consume raw milk or raw milk cheeses due to a “Risque Important” for their health. But, according to Dr. Jimmy Mohamed, we should wait even longer before giving them. He considers in a chronicle for RTL that children should not eat it before 12 years old, due to the serious consequences that hemolytic and uremic syndrome (Shu) can have, which can be caused by these bacteria. In Aisne, 10 children contaminated by E. coli were victims.
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