According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the total number of Campylobacter cases linked to raw milk produced Edwin Shank’s Family Cow Dairy has hit 60 total cases. The per State breakdown is:
51 in Pennsylvania
4 in Maryland
2 in New Jersey
3 in West Virginia
Press reports tonight have Pennsylvania state health officials saying there are now 43 confirmed cases of Campylobacter infections linked to raw milk from a Franklin County farm.
The confirmed cases of Campylobacter infection include 36 people in Pennsylvania, four in Maryland, two in West Virginia, and one in New Jersey.
Officials announced last week that
According to AP, an outbreak of a Campylobacter bacterial infection due to consuming raw milk from a Edwin Shank’s Family Cow Farm in Pennsylvania is now linked to 38 illnesses in four states, The farm has temporarily suspended sales. Four are sick in Maryland according to the Maryland Department of Health. One person is sick
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) continues to advise consumers who purchased raw milk produced by The Family Cow dairy in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, to discard any product purchased from this farm since January 1, 2012.
The DHMH Laboratories Administration has confirmed the presence of Campylobacter jejuni in two unopened raw
I do not drink raw milk, and suggest against it, and I would never suggest that children or the elderly drink it, (see, www.realrawmilkfacts.com for reasons why) but if I did, a guy like Ed Shank of Your Family Cow Dairy might get me to buy it from him. Right now, however, he has a
According to press reports, the number of people confirmed sickened by raw milk from a Franklin County Pennsylvania store is on the rise. Last week, the Pennsylvania and Maryland State Health Departments issued an advisory that raw milk sold by The Family Cow store in Chambersburg may contain harmful bacteria.
Raw milk is milk that
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is reporting multiple Campylobacter infection cases associated with consumption of raw (unpasteurized) milk from the Family Cow dairy store in Chambersburg, PA. DHMH, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, advises consumers that milk recently purchased from this store may contain harmful bacteria.
To date, there
Germ Girl (a.k.a. Maryn McKenna) posted this dire warning yesterday. Apparently, the Wyoming Department of Health was notified of two laboratory-confirmed cases of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis among persons working at a local sheep ranch. During June, two men had reported onset of symptoms compatible with campylobacteriosis. Both patients had diarrhea, and one also had abdominal
I was off to Wisconsin (I think it still is the dairy state) this morning for the IAFP conference when another raw milk issue landed in my inbox – I need to update my chart at www.realrawmilkfacts.com.
Alaska state health officials updated the June report of Campylobacter illnesses on what appears to be an
JoNel Aleccia, Health Writer for MSNBC, wrote about a cluster of cases of a rare illness that can lead to nerve damage and paralysis has been identified along a small stretch of the United States-Mexico border.
At least two dozen people in Yuma County, Ariz., and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, have been
