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# Publisher’s Platform: Raw Milk – A Sickening Elixir
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/11/publishers-platform-raw-milk-a-sickening-elixir/
- Published: 2023-11-07T05:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-07T01:49:39.000Z
- Author: Bill Marler
- Tags: For Consumers, For Foodies, Opinion & Contributed Articles, Campylobacter, E. coli, Organic Pastures, Organic Pastures Dairy, raw milk, Raw Milk Farm, Salmonella, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:18

Organic Pastures Dairy Company was founded in 2000 and changed its business name to Raw Farm in 2020\. Here is a brief history of raw milk and raw milk products that the company has recalled or had linked to outbreaks.   
Started OPDC in 2000 [https://certifiedhumane.org/mcafee-farms-organic-pastures-dairy-company/](https://certifiedhumane.org/mcafee-farms-organic-pastures-dairy-company/?ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
Changed name to Raw Farm LLC in 2020  
  
**Organic Pastures Dairy Company Recalls and Outbreaks**  
  
September 2006 Raw Milk E.coli Outbreak: 6 ill/2 HUS [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5723a2.htm](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5723a2.htm?ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
September 2007 Raw Cream Listeria Recall [https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press\_Releases/Press\_Release.asp?PRnum=07-068](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press%5FReleases/Press%5FRelease.asp?PRnum=07-068&ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
December 2007 Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak: 8 ill [https://marlerclark.com/pdfs/ClusterofCampylobacterinfectionsrawmilkEpi22007.pdf](https://marlerclark.com/pdfs/ClusterofCampylobacterinfectionsrawmilkEpi22007.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
September 2008 Raw Cream Campylobacter Recall [https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press\_Releases/Press\_Release.asp?PRnum=08-061](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press%5FReleases/Press%5FRelease.asp?PRnum=08-061&ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
November 2011 Raw Milk E.coli Outbreak: 5 ill/3 HUS [https://realrawmilkfacts.com/PDFs/Organic-Pastures-outbreak-letter-2011.pdf](https://realrawmilkfacts.com/PDFs/Organic-Pastures-outbreak-letter-2011.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
May 2012 Campylobacter Raw Milk/Cream Outbreak: 10 ill, reported illnesses from Jan. thru April [https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press\_Releases/Press\_Release.asp?PRnum=12-018](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press%5FReleases/Press%5FRelease.asp?PRnum=12-018&ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
October 2015 Campylobacter Raw Milk Recall [https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press\_Releases/Press\_Release.asp?PRnum=15-050](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press%5FReleases/Press%5FRelease.asp?PRnum=15-050&ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
January 2016 E.coli Raw Milk Outbreak: 9 ill/2 HUS [https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CEH/DFDCS/CDPH%20Document%20Library/FDB/FoodSafetyProgram/EnvInvReports/SignOff\_OPDC%20FinalReport101116\_Redacted.pdf](https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CEH/DFDCS/CDPH%20Document%20Library/FDB/FoodSafetyProgram/EnvInvReports/SignOff%5FOPDC%20FinalReport101116%5FRedacted.pdf%C2%A0?ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
[ ](https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CEH/DFDCS/CDPH%20Document%20Library/FDB/FoodSafetyProgram/EnvInvReports/SignOff%5FOPDC%20FinalReport101116%5FRedacted.pdf%C2%A0?ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
**Raw Farm LLC Recalls and Outbreaks**  
  
May 2023 Campylobacter Raw Milk Recall [https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/press\_releases/Press\_Release.asp?PRnum=23-069&print=yes](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/press%5Freleases/Press%5FRelease.asp?PRnum=23-069&print=yes&ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
August 2023 Salmonella Cheese Recall [https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/press\_releases/Press\_Release.asp?PRnum=23-127](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/press%5Freleases/Press%5FRelease.asp?PRnum=23-127&ref=foodsafetynews.com)  
  
October 2023 Salmonella Raw Milk Outbreak (ongoing investigation)  
San Diego County—12 illnesses [https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/10/more-confirmed-infected-in-outbreak-linked-to-raw-milk-from-california-dairy/](https://www.foodsafetynews.com/more-confirmed-infected-in-outbreak-linked-to-raw-milk-from-california-dairy/)  
Orange County—7 illnesses [https://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/food-poisoning-information/raw-farm-milk-salmonella-outbreak-expands-to-orange-county/](https://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/food-poisoning-information/raw-farm-milk-salmonella-outbreak-expands-to-orange-county/?ref=foodsafetynews.com)

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