WASHINGTON: Pleasant Valley Dairy recalls batch of raw milk - (Bellingham Herald)
December 19, 2007 – 10:29 pmA Ferndale area dairy is voluntarily recalling about 150 gallons of raw milk after a routine test found it might be contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni. The batch has an expiration date of Thursday.
Joyce Snook, whose family owns the 70-acre farm on Kickerville Road, was cited as saying that most of the unpasteurized milk had already been sold, adding, Its all accounted for. We know where it went. Most of the people dont want to return it.
The story says that the milk was sold in half-gallon plastic jugs at Bargainica, Community Food Co-op and Terra Organica in Bellingham, at Skagit Valley Co-op in Mount Vernon and at other outlets in Snohomish County and Seattle.
Calls to the vendors in Whatcom County indicated the milk has been pulled from the shelves locally.
People who bought the milk should return it to the place they bought it for a refund or replacement, the department said.
Snook […]
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