A Sierra Nevada Graziers raw milk cheese E. coli outbreak has sickened at least 13 people in nine states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than half of the people in this outbreak are children ages five and younger. The case count by state is: California (3), Colorado (1), Georgia … Read more
A Raw Farm raw cheddar E. coli O157:H7 outbreak has sickened at least seven people in three states, according to the CDC. A recall of the product has not been issued. The same product from that farm sickened at least 10 people with STEC infections two years ago. The case count by state is: California … Read more
There are now 10 people sick in the Twin Sisters raw milk cheese E. coli outbreak, according to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). Nine of the patients live in Washington state, and one lives in Oregon. One person has been hospitalized. The cheeses have been recalled. All cases have illness onset dates before … Read more
Twin Sisters Creamery raw milk cheese has sickened at least three people; one in Washington and one in Oregon, with E. coli O103. One of the patients is a child under the age of five, and two are adults. Illness onset dates range from September 5 to September 16, 2025. The dairy is located in … Read more
Live avian flu can survive in raw milk cheese up to six months, according to an article in the University of Minnesota’s CIDRAP. The report was published in Nature Medicine on October 8, 2025. The research was conducted at Cornell University. Researchers at Cornell said in a statement, “Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses have … Read more
Family Cow raw milk and raw milk cheeses may have caused Salmonella illnesses, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and news reports. Officials are warning consumers to discard raw milk and raw milk cheeses produced by that dairy. The dairy is located at 3854 Olde Scotland Road in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. A recent spike in … Read more
The FDA has started sampling raw milk aged cheese for possible H5N1 bird flu contamination, given that dairy cows have tested positive for the virus. This testing will determine whether viable H5N1 virus is present in the cheese, and whether the FDA will need to take follow up actions to address this issue. An outbreak … Read more
BeiHollow Farm raw milk cheddar cheese is being recalled for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Anyone who ate that cheese is at risk of getting sick. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with the consumption of this product. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture purchased some cheese and confirmed that the product was contaminated. … Read more
The Raw Farm raw Cheddar E. coli O157:H7 outbreak has now sickened at least 11 people in five states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Raw Farm voluntarily recalled their cheese on February 19, 2024 but has since withdrawn that recall. The FDA and CDC continue to recommend that people not … Read more
FDA weighs in on the Raw Farms raw Cheddar E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened at least 10 people in four states. Four people have been hospitalized in this outbreak, and one person has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure. The cheese has been voluntarily recalled by Raw Farm. The … Read more