Evans Farmhouse Creamery is voluntarily recalling certain milk products due to improper pasteurization, state Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker said Friday.
The Norwich-based company sells the products under the names Evans Farmhouse All Natural Reduced Fat Cream on Top Not Homogenized Milk and Sunrise Family Farms Organic Reduced Fat Vitamin A & D Milk.
These products have a container code of 5-11 and were distributed in New York state.
The CDC today released its preliminary 2006 food-borne illness data from 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. A total of 17,252 confirmed cases (actual cases may be anywhere between 20 and 30 times the confirmed cases) of food-borne illness were reported in those states in 2006, according to the CDC. The most commonly reported illnesses were:
Salmonella: 6,655 cases
Campylobacter: 5,712 cases
Shigella: 2,736 cases
Cryptosporidium: 859 cases
E. coli O157: 590 cases
E. coli non-O157: 209 cases
Yersinia: 158 cases
Vibrio: 154 cases
Listeria: 138 cases
Cyclospora: 41 cases
A Butler County diary farm's raw milk has been contaminated with bacteria and customers who have bought any of the raw product should discard it immediately, the Pennsylvania Agriculture secretary warned yesterday. Raw milk bought from Fisher's Dairy in Butler County has been infected with Listeria monocytogenes, the state's Department of Agriculture reported. People who bought raw milk from the dairy after April 9 should dispose of it.
Listeria was found in a April 9 sample of raw milk from the farm. The bacteria can cause fever, muscle aches and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea. Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized
The Department of Agriculture suspended sales of raw milk at the dairy. Multiple samples from the farm have to come back negative before raw milk can be purchased from Fisher's.
WASHINGTON TWP. — The state Department of Agriculture has confirmed raw milk from a farm, about six miles north of Tunkhannock on Ellsworth Hill Road, is tainted with Listeria monocytogenes.
On March 26, tests conducted by the state indicated that listeria may be in raw milk sold at the farm, owned by Charles and Beth Bartels.
The Bartels were told Thursday they couldn’t sell their raw milk until it tested free of the bacteria.
Additional tests results released Tuesday show the raw milk to be tainted, according to state Department of Agriculture spokesman Chris Ryder.
“The ban in sales remains in place,” Mr. Ryder said. “At this point the diary has an opportunity to clean the facilities and to submit more samples.”
The state advises anyone who has purchased raw milk from the Bartels’ farm since March 1 to discard it as a precaution.
Symptoms of a listeria infection include fever, muscle aches, nausea, diarrhea and even convulsions. The bacteria can be found in milk that isn’t pasteurized.
Pennsylvania consumers who have purchased raw milk from the dairy of Charles Bartels in Meshoppen, Wyoming County, any time after March 1, 2007 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said.
"During routine inspection, a preliminary test showed the presence of Listeria bacteria in some of the raw milk samples taken from the Bartels farm," said Wolff in a prepared statement. "If consumers have raw milk from this dairy, they should discard it immediately."
There have been no illnesses reported because of the potential contamination, but if individuals who consumed the raw milk become ill, they are advised to consult their physician.
A patient has tested positive for the same rare strain of listeria that contaminated sandwiches provided to hospitals across London and the southeast, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed.
The patient, who is believed to have had a weakened immune system, reported eating a sandwich which looked like those provided by Kent-based firm Anchor Catering.
The strain of listeria he was diagnosed with is uncommon and the agency says it is “very likely” he was infected by an Anchor sandwich.
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