Laboratory test results show that the Campylobactor jejuni bacteria that caused diarrheal illness among 16 individuals who drank unpasteurized milk at a school event early this month in southeastern Wisconsin was the same bacteria strain found in unpasteurized milk produced at a local farm. According to officials from the Department of Health Services (DHS) and Western Racine County Health Department (WRCHD) a parent had supplied unpasteurized milk from the farm for the school event.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says since the farm did not sell the unpasteurized milk, there was no legal violation associated with the milk being brought to the school event. The farm is licensed and in good standing with DATCP.
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