The Associated Press reports that Dee Creek Farm is being investigated by at least four state and local agencies after the unlicensed farm sold tainted milk and caused E. coli poisoning in 11 or more people.
Cowlitz County prosecutors said that misdemeanor charges could be filed if the owners, Anita and Michael Puckett, don’t provide a list of customers who purchased raw milk.Continue Reading E. coli outbreak traced to dairy that defied raw milk sales ban
E. Coli Outbreak: Bacterium Confirmed In 7th Child
A seventh child now has a confirmed case of E. coli from drinking unpasteurized milk.
The health department says all the cases are connected to Dee Creek Farm near Woodland. Dairy producers are required to be licensed and inspected monthly, but Dee Creek was never licensed.
Four of the seven children sickened with the potentially
Dairy That Sold Tainted Milk Is Shut Down
KATU has reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has shut down Dee Creek Dairy near Woodland, Washington, for providing the raw milk that health officials believe is to blame for six cases of E. coli.
Health officials are also issuing an urgent warning to those who purchased milk from the farm in the past couple of weeks.Continue Reading Dairy That Sold Tainted Milk Is Shut Down
Fury as E.coli butcher re-opens
Parents of children struck down by E.coli condemned a decision to allow meat suppliers John Tudor and Sons to reopen for business, according to the South Wales Echo.
Owner William Tudor has always denied his firm was responsible for the outbreak of food poisoning, which killed five-year-old Mason Jones, but health inspectors issued emergency prohibition
Regulators go after sales of raw milk
AP reports that the Food and Drug Administration claims that raw milk is dangerous, possibly carrying deadly pathogens such as campolybacter, salmonella and E. coli.
The Department of Agriculture says that dairies must be licensed and regulated to ensure the safety of the milk and milk products that are produced for human consumption.
Selling raw milk for human consumption is legal in 28 states, according to the Weston A. Price Foundation, a Washington, D.C., raw milk advocacy group. Five states allow raw milk for animal consumption, a loophole that raw milk fans exploit.Continue Reading Regulators go after sales of raw milk
Two children hospitalized in Clark County E. coli outbreak
A potentially deadly form of E. coli bacteria has hospitalized two Clark County children in critical condition, according to the Oregonian. They allegedly contracted the bacteria by drinking unpasteurized milk.
They are among six Clark County children ages 5 to 14 who apparently have come down in the past week with E. coli 0157:H7,
Woodland dairy blamed for E. coli
Unpasteurized milk from Dee Creek Farms in Woodland, Washington, has been linked to at least five cases of E. coli in Clark County children, according to the Daily News.
Three months ago, state officials had ordered the farm to stop selling raw milk, since they are not properly licensed to do so. It is illegal
E-coli outbreak linked to milk sickens Clark County kids
KGW reports that an E. coli outbreak, apparently linked to unpasteurized milk, has sickened several children in Clark County, Washington. The children are between the ages of five and 14, with two of the children hospitalized in unstable condition.
Health officials said they believe the common source of the infections is unpasteurized, or raw, milk
Livestock Market Reporting: USDA Has Taken Some Steps to Ensure Quality, but Additional Efforts Are Needed
The US Department of Agriculture’s market news reports are helpful to meatpackers as well as livestock owners in the negotiation of prices for their products. The reports are distributed daily, weekly, and monthly.
In 1999, the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act was passed to increase the volume of industry sales transactions covered by those reports, and encouraged competition in the meat industry.Continue Reading Livestock Market Reporting: USDA Has Taken Some Steps to Ensure Quality, but Additional Efforts Are Needed
E. coli meat firm reopens
The Daily Mail reports that John Tudor and Son, of Bridgend, South Wales, has reopened for business.
The Bridgend County Borough Council issued certificates after inspections of the meat supplier were conducted. They have, however, made it clear that there will be additional inspections carried out to “ensure continual compliance with relevant legislation in accordance with the council’s duty under the Food Safety Act 1990.”Continue Reading E. coli meat firm reopens