KY Health Official Warns Residents About the Risks of Unpasteurized Milk
The Kentucky Department for Public Health has not been able to identify the source of the E. coli outbreak that sickened five children in early September, despite the work of raw milk journalist David...
View ArticleIL Restricts Raw Milk Sales While Making Them Legal
After 30 years or more, Illinois is about to get procedures for permitting and inspecting dairy farms that will make the sale and distribution of raw milk legal in the Land of Lincoln. Raw milk dairies...
View ArticleFDA Seeking Information on Raw Milk Cheese
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started collecting public comments on cheese made from unpasteurized milk. Agency officials want any information or scientific data that would...
View ArticleCalifornia warns against soft cheeses, cites Salmonella uptick
California health officials issued a warning Thursday about the dangers of eating illegally manufactured Mexican-style soft cheeses, which are often sold by street vendors, because of a “dramatic...
View ArticleLouisiana raw milk bill dies in House agriculture committee
A bill to allow the sales of raw milk by a farmer to a consumer, which passed the Louisiana Senate on a 23-to-12 vote, has died in a House committee. The Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture...
View ArticleSalmonella in Organic Pastures raw cream spurs another recall
Organic Pastures Dairy Co. of Fresno, CA, is again recalling its raw milk products because of contamination with pathogens. This time California inspectors found Salmonella bacteria in the company’s...
View ArticleWashington state dairy recalls raw goat milk after E. coli test
A dairy on Vashon Island, WA, is recalling raw goat milk after state officials detected toxin-producing E. coli in a sample. Burton Hill Farm & Dairy sold the raw goat milk that is now under recall...
View ArticleAmos Miller is reluctant, but allows FSIS inspection of farm
Miller’s Organic Farm, was inspected Monday without incident by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). After raw milk from the Lancaster County, PA, farm was linked in March to two illnesses...
View ArticleBeach Beat: Raw milk — a different kind of choice/life debate
ST. LOUIS — Organizers billed the raw milk debate at the annual conference of the International Association for Food Protection as an “Amicable Exchange of Experts.” Discussing pros and cons of...
View ArticleStudy finds ‘amazing’ bacterial diversity in transported raw milk
Researchers at the University of California-Davis report that samples of raw cow’s milk shipped by tanker truck for processing show “amazing bacterial diversity” which varies by season. Their findings...
View ArticleMichigan warns against raw milk; two children sick from E. coli
Michigan public health officials are urging consumers to avoid drinking or serving unpasteurized, raw milk because of two recent cases of E. coli infections in young children. Both of the children, in...
View ArticleRaw milk distribution ongoing despite Campylobacter outbreak
As may as 20 people are sick in Colorado in an ongoing Campylobacter outbreak, with multiple public health agencies reporting the most likely cause is raw milk from Larga Vista Ranch — some of which...
View ArticleOntario court could shut down raw milk distribution, promotion
The outcome of a two-day hearing set for today and tomorrow in the Ontario Court of Justice at Newmarket may send raw milk drinkers in Canada down a more political road after years of fighting court...
View ArticleFederal investigation of raw milk farm expands to buying clubs
Miller’s Organic Farm is not having a good year. In March, it was associated with a raw milk Listeria outbreak involving one fatality. A judge then approved USDA’s request to inspect the farm, which...
View ArticleParents haunted by decisions as raw milk’s impact lingers
At age 3, Jubilee Combs had to spend three weeks in the hospital and undergo dialysis treatments after contracting an E. coli infection fro drinking unpasteurized raw milk. “I don’t know where to stick...
View ArticleFinal report published on boy’s death from drinking raw milk
Were it not for his drinking raw milk, a 3-year-old Australian boy who died in 2014 would very likely still be alive to this day. That much has been known since the inquiry by Coroner’s Solicitor...
View ArticleBacterial infections traced to raw milk products in Ohio
An unknown number of people have been infected with Campylobacter bacteria in unpasteurized raw milk from Sweet Grass Dairy’s herd share program in Ohio. State officials issued a public health alert...
View ArticleMissouri dairy told to stop interstate sales of raw camel milk
A Missouri dairy owner is on notice from the FDA for selling unpasteurized, raw camel milk in interstate commerce, with the agency discounting the dairyman’s contention that camel milk is not covered...
View ArticleAlaska legislature considers bill to legalize some raw milk sales
The Alaska Legislature was called into session Tuesday in the capital city of Juneau. Its location in the temperature-transition zone usually makes Juneau a warmer place to hang out than the rest of...
View ArticleND bill would allow raw milk sales despite ‘inherent risks’
A North Dakota bill that would allow producers to sell unpasteurized, raw milk direct to consumers says dairies won’t have to do anything to control “the inherent risks” and that people who buy the...
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