Here's another new food additive courtesy of you friendly neighbors south of the border. A rare type of tuberculosis called Mycobactrium bovis strain. This strain, which had been practically eliminated in America over a century ago, has started to make itself known again amongst Hispanic immigrants in Southern California. This strain seems to be appearing in illegal, unpasteurized dairy products smuggled past the Mexican border, or Hispanic families living in the U.S. making what's called "bathtub cheese", because they manufacture it in their bathtubs, or backyard troughs. Cases of this type of TB have been rising in San Diego County, mainly among children who consume dairy foods made from cattle infected with the strain, this from the journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases. The department of Agriculture has been cracking down on those people who make and street vendors who sell bathtub cheese. Besides TB bovis, this type of illegally made cheese in the past has been found to harbor Salmonella, Listeria, and E. Coli. U.S. health officials are monitoring the situation closely, should this strain start to spread beyond the Hispanic communities in San Diego. Well all I can really say is, Welcome to the third world!
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