Colorado health officials have halted distribution of unpasteurized milk from a cow-share dairy after 11 people were sickened with Campylobacter.

The Associated Press reported this week that Kinikin Corner Dairy LLC in Montrose, Colorado, was named by eight victims of the outbreak as the supplier of raw milk that made them sick. The state's order was for Kinikin to stop raw milk distribution "until further notice.''

The small dairy has approximately 200 cow-share customers who like the taste of raw milk and who may believe it to be more wholesome that pasteurized milk.

But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), national food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, PA., and other experts warn against consumption of raw milk.

The CDC has identified it as an important vehicle in the transmission of Campylobacter, a foodborne pathogen that in rare cases can lead to Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a serious illness that can lead to paralysis and death.

For at least the past 20 years, the CDC has flagged raw milk as a carrier of all sorts of pathogens, including Salmonella. And as recently as January 2009, the agency created a special web broadcast, or podcast, about the dangers of raw milk.

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