Raw milk recalled and quarantined after children sickened by E. coli
A California dairy that had its raw milk products recalled and quarantined after E. coli sent three children to hospitals said that tests show its milk is pathogen-free and the quarantine should be removed.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a response and quarantine. It has told that laboratory samples of Organic Pastures raw milk have not found out the strain of E. coli that caused sick in children. Samples of the milk actually consumed by the children also didn't reveal E.coli.
However, state officials said that interviews with the families of five children infected with the strain between August and October have specified the only common food exposure was to Organic Pastures raw milk.
Three of the children have been hospitalized with a condition which can lead to kidney failure. Government officials did not indicate whether any of them remained hospitalized and did not release their current condition. No fatal cases have been connected with a response.
Organic Pastures is exposed now to complete inspection and should find and meet all state sanitation requirements before the quarantine can be removed, said California Department of Food and Agriculture spokesman Steve Lyle.
It is the second time the Fresno County dairy has been the subject of a recall.
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