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Epidemiologic Report Ties Organic Pastures Raw Milk to Outbreak

By James Andrews on March 15, 2012

Five California boys found with genetically matching E. coli O157:H7 infections in the fall of 2011 have been conclusively linked to raw milk produced by Organic Pastures, a Fresno dairy, according to a report published…

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Test Results Link Organic Pastures to Outbreak

By Mary Rothschild on January 20, 2012

In a letter to Organic Pastures owner Mark McAfee, the California Department of Public Health said 10 samples collected from the raw milk dairy’s calf area were positive for E. coli O157:H7, and two were…

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Dairy Ends Sales of Raw Colostrum

By Cookson Beecher on January 16, 2012

Organic Pastures will no longer be producing or selling raw colostrum for human consumption, according to an announcement on the dairy’s Facebook page.

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Based in Fresno, CA, Organic Pastures is the largest producer of…

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Raw Milk Dairy Gets OK to Start Selling Again

By Cookson Beecher on December 19, 2011

“QUARANTINE IS LIFTED AND WE ARE OFF RECALL !!!!!!!!!!”

That was the “holiday” message on Organic Pasture Dairy’s Facebook page on Dec. 16 — 31 days after California’s Department of Food and Agriculture imposed a…

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Raw Milk Dairy Under Investigation for E. coli Illnesses

By Gretchen Goetz on November 17, 2011

On Sept. 21, 2006, the California Department of Food and Agriculture announced a statewide recall of raw milk produced by Organic Pastures after the dairy was implicated in an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7.  Six…

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Organic Pastures Milk Quarantined, Recalled

By Dan Flynn on November 16, 2011

Organic Pastures raw dairy products are being recalled statewide in California and are subject to a quarantine order by California State Veterinarian Annette Whiteford.

The quarantine order came following notification by the California Department of…

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Striking Out with County, McAfee Wins with Tribe

By News Desk on March 22, 2011

Score one for Mark McAfee, owner of California’s Organic Pastures Dairy.

McAfee failed earlier this year to persuade Humboldt County to permit the sales of raw milk.   Now McAfee has come up with a…

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Humboldt County Says No to Raw Milk Sales

By Dan Flynn on January 13, 2011

Raw milk vendors and advocates failed earlier this week to persuade California’s Humboldt County to lift its ban on the sale of unpasteurized milk.

Mark McAfee, owner of the Chino-based Organic Pastures Dairy Company, led…

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Dairy Farmer, FDA Score Points in Raw Milk Case

By Cookson Beecher on May 18, 2010

A California raw milk dairy farmer has managed to fend off the federal government’s legal attempt to put him and his dairy under tighter scrutiny through strategies such as unannounced inspections.

But in the same…

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Raw Milk Farmer Takes Stand Against FDA

By Cookson Beecher on February 1, 2010

To no one’s surprise, raw milk dairyman Mark McAfee, owner of Organic Pastures Dairy Company near Fresno, Calif., has come out swinging against the federal Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) legal attempt to put him…

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