Another Case of Raw Milk Food Poisoning
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, yet another state health department is advising consumers about dangerous bacterial contamination found in raw milk.
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The latest warning is coming out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania departments of Agriculture and Health are urging consumers who purchased raw milk from Pasture Maid Creamery in New Castle, Lawrence County, to discard the product immediately. Campylobacter bacteria was found in a recent sample.
The testing was done in connection with a human illness investigation and more tests are pending.
Pasture Maid Creamery, owned and operated by Adam Dean, sells directly to consumers who sometimes provide their own bottles. The business is not related to Dean's Dairy in Sharpsville, Mercer County, which produces pasteurized milk for sale in supermarkets, the state press release said.
"The Agriculture Department recommended that Mr. Dean stop selling raw milk for human consumption. The dairy is providing additional raw milk samples to be tested for bacterial pathogens to determine subsequent action.''
Meanwhile, Dean told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that his milk is "extremely safe'' and that the state has not revoked his license to sell it.
Campylobacter in raw milk also is an issue this week in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. Michigan officials traced an outbreak of Campylobacter infection in their state to raw milk from an Indiana farm sold through a distributor who also shipped it to Chicago and a few other cities in northern Illinois.
Despite chronic outbreaks of illness capable of killing people, the sale of raw milk continues to be a public health threat and a costly burden to state health departments. When milk isn't pasteurized, there is no reliable safeguard against fecal contamination that harbors pathogens such as Campylobacter, E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella.
The lawyers at national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen continually see the devastating effects of these disease-causing organisms while representing people who have ingested them. Our law firm is one of the few in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness and we have years of experience handling raw milk cases.
If you or a loved one has become sick after drinking raw milk, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete the contact form on the side of this Web page.
