The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is warning consumers to immediately throw away any
raw milk
bought recently from a central Pennsylvania farm.
The raw milk is from
Meadow View Jerseys
in Leola. Consumers should throw away any milk from there purchased since April 1, with sell-by dates between April 15 and July 8.
In a press release, the department said that test samples of the milk were found to be contaminated with Campylobacter. Several people reported symptoms of
campylobacteriosis
after drinking the milk.
Symptoms of campylobacteriosis include mild to severe diarrhea, fever, and abdominal pain and cramping. They appear about two to five days after exposure. It is most common in children, though people of any age can be contract it. In rare cases, Campylobacter can spread to the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infection for people with compromised immune systems
The raw milk was sold in glass half-gallon, and plastic half-gallon and gallon containers at the farm’s store in Leola and a number of retail stores in the region..
While a list of distributors was not available, the department said that the milk had been sold in the following locations in 2024:
Berks County
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Weaver Orchard, 40 Fruit Lane, Morgantown
Dauphin County
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Soil & Soul Farm, 2405 Colebrook Road, Middletown
Lancaster County
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Meadow View Jerseys Retail Farm Store, 172 South Farmersville Road, Leola
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Bird in Hand Farm Supply, 2805 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird in Hand
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Ebenezer Groceries, 465 North Reading Road, Ephrata
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Everest Indian Grocery Store, 1621 Columbia Ave., Lancaster
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Forry’s Country Store, 820 Ivy Drive Lancaster
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Hilltop Acres, 347 Rife Run Road, Manheim
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Meck’s Produce, 1955 Beaver Valley Pike, Strasburg
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Sensenig Poultry, 843 Furnace Hill Road, Lititz
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The Country Store 3140, Mount Joy Road, Mount Joy
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Union Mill Acres, 7557 Elizabethtown, Road Elizabethtown
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Willow Creek Grocery, 30 Willow Street, Reinholds
Lebanon County
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Country View Grocery, 1941 Horseshoe Pike, Annville
The Centers for Disease Control
warns that raw, unpasturized milk can be a source of foodborne illnesses.
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