Family Cow raw milk has been linked to Campylobacter food poisoning (campylobacteriosis) in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture and Health announced the outbreak today and advised consumers to discard raw milk produced by The Family Cow in Chambersburg, Franklin County.
Family Cow milk is sold at the farm, at grocery stores and at other locations in the Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley area, as well as south-central Pennsylvania. We recently won a settlement for several million dollars for a Pennsylvania man who contracted a Campylobacter infection from contaminated raw milk. He developed Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and is paralyzed from the neck down. The case is settled and is not part of this outbreak.
The Department of Health has confirmed five cases of confirmed Campylobacter infection in people who consumed milk from the farm at 3854 Olde Scotland Road. Based on the reported illnesses, the Department of Agriculture collected samples of raw milk during an investigation of The Family Cow, on May 17. Positive tests for Campylobacter were confirmed Tuesday.
Family Cow Raw Milk Recall Information
The health department is warning customers about the following Family Cow raw milk:
Packaged raw milk sold under The Family Cow label in plastic gallon, halfgallon, quart and pint containers labeled as “raw milk.”
Agriculture officials ordered the owners of the farm to stop the sale of all raw milk until further notice.