The state has revoked the milk-producing license of a northwestern Ohio dairy farmer accused of illegally selling raw milk after two people who drank raw milk from the farm became ill.
The Agriculture Department said the Carol Schmitmeyer farm in Darke County processed milk without a processing license, sold raw milk and did not properly
State officials yesterday continued their quarantine of raw, unpasteurized milk products produced by Organic Pastures of Fresno because four children, including two 8-year-olds in San Diego County, became ill after consuming them.
Stool samples from three of the four youngsters revealed E. coli 0157:H7, which can cause severe diarrhea and other potentially fatal complications.
A Snohomish County, Washington girl is ill from E. coli after drinking unpasteurized milk from a dairy in Whatcom County.
The milk came from Grace Harbor Farms, which sells its products in several counties through health food stores, PCC Natural Markets and Whole Foods Market.
The state Department of Agriculture is investigating the dairy and
All of the spinach implicated in the current outbreak has traced back to Natural Selection Foods LLC of San Juan Bautista, California. This determination by the FDA is based on epidemiological and laboratory evidence obtained by multiple states and coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
To date, 187 cases of illness due