The raw truth about milk

The promised land has been said to be “flowing with milk and honey,” which sounds delicious to me, and our Midwestern land promises to provide a good bit of that nutritional bliss as well.

Raw milk test in Pennsylvania prompts Campylobacter warning

Pennsylvania officials warned consumers earlier this month that they should immediately discard all raw milk from Conoco View Dairy because it was contaminated with Campylobacter, which can cause serious infections and is killed by pasteurization.

Pennsylvania Warns of Tainted Raw Milk

Consumers who purchased raw whole milk from Conoco View Dairy in Blain, Pennsylvania, should immediately discard the milk, which was sold in plastic half gallons, gallons and glass half gallons with the sell-by date of Feb. 16.

Raw milk not a moneymaker for farmers who chance it

Few area farmers have leapt on trend.
By: Karen Hopper Usher
Source: Cadillac News
Link: http://www.cadillacnews.com/news/raw-milk-not-a-moneymaker-for-farmers-who-chance-it/article_b647e224-2906-5cf4-8d55-edf3c57b4cda.html

Dairy recalls raw milk for E. coli; best-by dates through Dec. 23

Anyone who has whole, raw milk on hand from Old Silvana Creamery should not consume it, according to the dairy owner, because samples of it have tested positive for E. coli, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal illnesses.
By: Coral Beach
Source: Food Safety News
Link: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/12/dairy-recalls-raw-milk-for-e-coli-best-by-dates-through-dec-23/#.WjbihTevHIU

Brazil: Santa Catarina legalizes sale and production of raw milk

An important step forward for producers of raw milk cheese: once signed into law, these new regulations can help inspire other Brazilian states to adopt similar measures
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Source: Slow Food
Link: https://www.slowfood.com/brazil-santa-catarina-legalizes-sale-production-raw-milk/

Raw milk firm linked to Brucella illness in New Jersey

The New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) has ordered a company to stop selling unpasteurized milk.
By: Joseph James Whitworth
Source: FoodQualityNews
Link: https://www.foodqualitynews.com/Article/2017/11/20/New-Jersey-takes-action-against-Udder-Milk

Pride and Joy Dairy discontinues production of raw milk

TOPPENISH, Wash. – Pride & Joy Dairy Inc. says they are no longer bottling or selling their milk product.
By: Marie Schurk
Source: kimatv
Link: http://kimatv.com/news/local/pride-and-joy-dairy-discontinues-production-of-raw-milk

Dairy surrenders license because of contaminated raw milk

The owners of Pride & Joy Dairy have voluntarily surrendered their raw milk license because DNA testing showed that Salmonella infections in people who drank it matched bacteria in the dairy’s unpasteurized milk.
By: CORAL BEACH
Source: Food Safety News
Link: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/11/dairy-surrenders-license-because-of-contaminated-raw-milk/#.WgTQKWiQLIU