Unpasteurized, raw milk from Willow Marsh Farm in New York has been found to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The producer is now prohibited from selling raw milk until subsequent sampling indicates that the product is free of harmful bacteria.

New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard

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Researchers have detailed the first E. coli O103 outbreak in England traced to raw milk cheese.

In June 2022, routine microbiological surveillance at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) identified 12 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103:H2 cases.

People fell ill between May and June 2022. Seven cases were female

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A bill in the Arkansas Legislature that would allow the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk has been approved by a House committee.

With the approval from the Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee, House Bill 1048 now advances to the the state’s full House of Representatives for consideration. State Sen.

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Consumers in North Dakota are one step closer to being able to buy unpasteurized milk direct from farmers. 

The state’s House of Representatives passed a bill allowing dairies to sell raw, unpasteurized milk directly to consumers on an 82-9 vote.

The bill was sponsored by Dawson Holle, a Morton County

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Raw whole cow milk produced and packaged by Schoch Family Farmstead Inc. of Monterey County is the subject of a statewide recall and quarantine order announced by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones.

The quarantine order came following the confirmed detection of the bacteria Campylobacter jejuni in the farm’s packaged raw whole milk sampled and tested by the California

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An appeals court has ruled that Pennsylvania farmer Amos Miller can continue selling unpasteurized, raw milk outside of state lines.

The ruling says the sales can continue while Pennsylvania pursues a suit against the farmer, who is based in Bird-in-Hand, PA.

Commonwealth Court Judge Stacy Wallace said in the appeals

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The Connecticut Department of Agricultural has issued a “stop sale” and recall on raw milk from Nature View Dairy because of two cases of illness tied to the dairy’s unpasteurized  milk were confirmed.

The two patients developed Campylobacter infections after drinking the farm’s raw milk. The farm is complying with

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Joseph Journell thought he was doing the wholesome thing when he fed raw, unpasteurized milk to his cats. Journell also drank the raw milk, thinking it provided benefits that pasteurized milk did not have.

After two of his pets died in late 2024 and a third became seriously ill he

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