Raw milk linked to outbreak under investigation in East Idaho

Idaho public health officials are investigating an outbreak of bacterial infections in 18 people who drank raw milk.

Before they got sick with campylobacteriosis, all but one of them told health officials they drank raw milk produced by Paradise Grove Dairy, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said in a news release.

Located in Jefferson County, the eastern Idaho dairy distributes milk across southern Idaho, officials said. The state health department’s public health division is investigating the outbreak, along with the State Department of Agriculture and local public health districts in eastern Idaho and the Boise area.

People who have raw milk produced by the eastern Idaho dairy between July 19 and Aug. 2 should immediately throw it away, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said.

On Aug. 2, Paradise Grove Dairy voluntarily stopped production to inspect and repair equipment, and boost its milk testing. The dairy resumed production Aug. 12, officials said.

People should keep milk cold when they take it home from the store, the dairy advised.

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