According to local residents, the "milking goats" on the streets of Xi have existed for many years. Every day, vendors drive vans or ride tricycles between communities, carrying two or three sheep. Goat milk is sold directly in plastic bottles, and the price is generally 5 yuan a catty.
In addition, "freshly squeezed goat milk" is also sold online. The shipping addresses of merchants are shown as Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Jieyang, Guangdong, Weinan, Shaanxi and other cities, and some merchants have a monthly sales volume of 500 pieces.
On the 8th, the Beijing News reporter learned from Xi 'an CDC that drinking milk from cattle and sheep directly is at risk of infection, but up to now, except this young child, Xi 'an has no other cases of infection.
The staff of the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the State Administration of Market Supervision said that after the above-mentioned incident, it has jointly issued a document with the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to carry out investigations in the city, and strictly supervised the source link and sales link of breeding.
A confirmed case of a 2-year-old girl. Video screenshot
2-year-old girl infected with brucellosis
A few days ago, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi Jiaotong University admitted a 2-year-old child with "fever for 4 days and rash for 3 days". After examination, it was found that the patient was positive for brucellosis and was diagnosed as brucellosis.
Yanyan lives in Lintong District, Xi, and there are often vendors selling milk with sheep near the community. Grandma told the medical staff that many people bought it and heard that freshly squeezed goat milk was fresh and nutritious and easy to digest, so she bought it for her children. ......
A pediatric medical staff member of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi Jiaotong University told the Beijing News that Yan Yan had had a fever for many days when she went to see a doctor, during which she had febrile convulsions and foaming at the mouth. On September 5, Yan Yan was transferred to the Infectious Diseases Department of Xi 'an Children's Hospital.
"When the child was transferred to the hospital, his condition improved and he no longer had a fever." The above-mentioned medical staff said that up to now, their department has not treated other children infected with brucellosis because of drinking freshly squeezed goat milk.
Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by Brucella infection, and it is a Class B infectious disease stipulated in China's Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. Infected animals such as sick sheep and cattle are the main sources of brucellosis, which used to be common in pastoral areas.
At the beginning of September, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi Jiaotong University posted a message on WeChat official account that Brucella can spread through damaged skin mucosa, digestive tract and respiratory tract. Children's early symptoms are atypical, and they may only have fever symptoms, which are easily ignored by parents. But as long as the treatment is systematic and standardized, most of them can be completely cured.
The hospital reminded that drinking fresh goat milk has the risk of "brucellosis", so don't buy fresh goat milk on the stall easily. Only professional pasteurization or ultra-high temperature sterilization can effectively kill Brucella in milk.
On the street of Xi 'an, "It's milking now". Photo courtesy of respondents
"milking milk" in Xi' an street
According to local residents, the "freshly squeezed goat's milk" on the streets of Xi 'an has appeared for many years.
In Yinqiao Avenue, Lintong District, Xi, vendors drive vans or ride tricycles between communities every day. Most of the vendors are farmers who raise sheep in the surrounding countryside. Their car carries two or three sheep, and boards are nailed to both sides of the car. There are four big characters written on the board-"Fresh milk is squeezed now".
Qi, a local resident, said that the price of goat milk is generally a catty in 5 yuan. It was confirmed that after the purchase, the stall owner held the empty plastic bottle in one hand and squeezed the goat milk into the bottle in the other hand, and then handed it directly to the customer.
Ms. Gu is a resident of Xigou Village, Lintong District. She mentioned that the elderly at home often follow their aunts in the community to buy freshly squeezed goat milk. "Vendors come almost every day, and my mother buys them every other week. She sometimes recommends it to people who have never drunk it, saying that drinking raw milk is good for the baby. " .
Listening to the labels of "fresh", "pure", "nutritious" and "no added" on the ewe, the aunts in the community recommended each other. Ms. Gu mentioned that some residents will eat it directly after buying it, and some will heat it slightly or boil it before drinking it.
After the words and deeds caused concern, the "milking" on the local streets was not greatly affected. Qi lives near Qinshui Community in Lintong District. In the last two days, he found that there are still vendors selling "freshly squeezed goat milk" at the entrance of the community.
"There are still many residents who buy it. They think fresh raw milk is the best nutrition. Few people will question whether the milkman has a health certificate and whether Yang Jian is unhealthy. " Qi Wei Xing said.
The online shop promotes "milk is squeezed now". Webpage screenshot
Online seller: cash on delivery
The Beijing News reporter searched a number of e-commerce companies and found that "freshly squeezed goat milk" was also sold online. It shows the shipping addresses of merchants in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Jieyang, Guangdong, Weinan, Shaanxi and other cities. Some merchants sold 500 pieces in a month.
In the product homepage displayed by the merchant, first of all, a group of goats are grazing. The next picture is a transparent plastic bottle filled with milky liquid. The bottle has no packaging label, and the picture is accompanied by the words "fresh goat milk, zero added, original flavor, squeezed now and sent now".
Because the types of sheep are different from the way goat milk is treated, the price of goat milk is also slightly different. 250ml per bottle, the price of pressed goat milk is 9.9 yuan, the price of black goat milk is 1 1.9 yuan, and the demand of pasteurized goat milk is 1 1.9 yuan.
A merchant mentioned that all the goat milk here is squeezed by workers, except the goat milk marked "pasteurized", the others have not been sterilized. The goat milk sold is milked in the morning, frozen at MINUS 40 degrees, delivered at night, transported in cold storage, and promised to arrive fresh within 48 hours.
Buyer Tian Xin (pseudonym) often buys freshly squeezed goat milk online. According to her introduction, because she agrees with the advertising slogans of "zero addition" and "original flavor", she usually buys it on a monthly basis.
Tian Xin said that what she likes best is the rich milk smell and a layer of milk skin floating on the boiled goat milk. "Of course, there will be some other flavors in the milk flavor, similar to the taste of sheep, but it can better prove its original flavor. Only when it is acceptable can you enjoy this kind of nutrition. "
The Beijing News reporter noted that businesses selling online are marked as "boiling for drinking", and the detailed pages of many products read "How to eat: just boil with a small fire". A merchant suggested that although the freshly squeezed goat milk is fresh, because it has not been processed, "there are still bacterial residues, so it must be cooked before drinking."
Street vendors squeeze goat milk into plastic bottles. Photo courtesy of respondents
Xi' an CDC: drinking freshly squeezed goat milk directly does have the risk of infection.
On September 8, a staff member of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention told the Beijing News that drinking milk from freshly squeezed cattle and sheep directly is at risk of infection, but up to now, Xi 'an has no other cases of infection except this child.
The staff of the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the State Administration of Market Supervision said that after the above-mentioned incident, it has jointly issued a document with the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to carry out investigations in the city, and strictly supervised the source link and sales link of breeding.
In addition, on July 3 1 this year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xi issued an official document saying that in order to pursue the so-called original ecology, eating unsterilized dairy products and even raw milk has become a common way for children to be infected with brucellosis.
As mentioned above, studies have confirmed that there are nearly 100 kinds of pathogenic bacteria in unprocessed fresh cattle and goat milk, and as many as 16 kinds of diseases are transmitted to human beings through cattle and goat milk, such as tuberculosis, brucellosis, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, colibacillosis and salmonella.
The Beijing News reporter found that the production process of goat milk should refer to the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Dairy Quality and Safety" promulgated by the state. The regulations stipulate that people directly engaged in milking should hold valid health certificates. In addition, the dairy products produced should be sterilized by pasteurization, high temperature sterilization, ultra-high temperature sterilization or other effective methods.
Related cases have appeared in many places across the country.
The Beijing News reporter found that it is not the first time that brucellosis has occurred due to drinking raw milk, and related cases have appeared all over the country.
20 16 Ms. Zhang, a citizen of Dalian, Liaoning Province, and her 8-year-old son began to have a persistent fever. After going to the hospital for examination, I was told that I had brucellosis. It turns out that mother and son have always had the habit of drinking freshly squeezed goat milk, which leads to bacterial infection.
The local media mentioned in the report that reporters often pull a few live sheep around residential areas and farmers' markets to squeeze their milk for sale. Quite a few people are "fresh" but don't realize the health risks here.
20 16 A 6-year-old girl from Hebei was admitted to hospital with low fever, sweating, cough and other symptoms, and was finally diagnosed with brucellosis. It is suspected that it was caused by drinking contaminated goat milk. Because children are weak and sick from childhood, I heard that goat milk is good for weak children, so I bought goat milk for my children from an early age.
20 19 a pair of brothers in Fuzhou had a continuous "cold" and high fever, and were found to be infected with brucellosis after being transferred to several hospitals. The main reason was that they drank freshly squeezed goat milk for more than a month.
On August 3rd this year, Shaanxi CDC published an article "Raw milk can't be drunk", indicating that there have been many brucellosis infections caused by raw cow and sheep milk in Shaanxi recently, and warned consumers not to drink fresh cow and sheep milk without quarantine.