Because I’ve been posting about raw milk and trends toward more widespread consumption, I thought I’d include the latest advisory from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. This week it sent out an alert, warning consumers to discard raw milk purchased from Stump Acres Dairy in New Salem. According to the warning, at least two people became ill with salmonella after drinking raw milk, which is non pasteurized and non homogenized. For its part, the dairy is initiating multiple tests before it resumes sales.
But Farmgirl Glendora Stump, who owns the farm, questions the health department’s findings. Glendora told the York Daily Record that her family regularly drinks the milk and none of them has been sick. “I just feel bad for my customers because they depend on us,” she is quoted saying. The dairy apparently provides raw milk to some 250 customers and been in business for 40 years.
But Farmgirl Glendora Stump, who owns the farm, questions the health department’s findings. Glendora told the York Daily Record that her family regularly drinks the milk and none of them has been sick. “I just feel bad for my customers because they depend on us,” she is quoted saying. The dairy apparently provides raw milk to some 250 customers and been in business for 40 years.
The advisory in Pennsylvania came a day after the CDC and FDA issued a joint warning about the dangers of raw milk. A Virtual Farmgirl thanks to the Food Poisoning Law Blog for details about the CDC/FDA warning and tons of info on food-borne illnesses. Here’s a Q&A from the joint warning too.
[Photo is of Glendora from a 2004 feature “Old-Fashioned Flavor” in Enzyme University.]
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I used to live next door to people that owned a cow. I miss not being able to drink raw milk. Sure was good.
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I used to live next door to people that owned a cow. I miss not being able to drink raw milk. Sure was good.
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