Jakarta, now the Public Health Ministry is awaiting action that required the Supreme Court (MA) to announce the formula milk containing the bacteria Enterobacter sakazakii. Sakazakii addition, there are other bacteria that can contaminate milk formulas.
Enterobacter sakazakii contamination was revealed in a study in Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB), which was published in 2008. The study revealed there are 22 samples of formula that circulated between the years 2003-2006 contain Enterobacter sakazakii in the levels of 22.73 percent.
Aftermath of the study, the health minister sued by a consumer named David Tobias who requested the tainted milk was announced. David Tobias won the lawsuit in court and also won in the Supreme Court. The plan to follow up the Supreme Court decision, the Minister of Health will provide an explanation on this Thursday (10/02/2011).
In humans who have poor endurance, Enterobacter sakazakii infections can trigger various health problems are quite serious and can even cause death. Among meningitis, bloodstream infections and inflammation or inflammation in the digestive tract.
Nevertheless, the serious impact of these infections are very rare in humans. Quoted from Dairyreporter, Thursday (02/10/2011), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded until 2004 there were only 60 cases worldwide are fatal.
Most of these cases occurred in infants aged less than 5 weeks, while the highest risk experienced by infants born prematurely or who have low weight. Although Enterobacter sakazakii infection are rare, risk of mortality among the infected is quite high, ie between 33-80 percent.
Meanwhile, quoted from Microbiologyprocedure, Enterobacter sakazakii is not the only type of bacteria that can contaminate the formula.
Since milked from the udder (nipple) animals, milk can be contaminated by various kinds of bacteria are as follows:
1. Staphylococcus aureus This bacterium is the principal cause of gastroenteritis, or inflammation of the stomach and is transmitted by animals through fresh milk. Animals that have mastitis or inflammation of the udder will produce contaminated milk when milked ambingnya if not washed first.
2. Streptococcus cremoris Naturally, these bacteria can be found in small amounts in fresh milk as it works to inhibit bacterial pathogens (harmful) by producing lactic acid. But in large amounts, in humans these bacteria could trigger a sore throat, inflamed tonsils (tonsillitis) and pneumonia
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