April 2007

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

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,

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

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

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

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