(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, that department is warning consumers to immediately discard Sunshine Dairy brand raw milk purchased between August 5th and August 15th of 2025 in Berks, Lebanon, and Schuylkill counties. Listeria monocytogenes were confirmed and found contaminating this raw milk after routine testing of milk samples from the dairy of it, which is required for raw milk sold in Pennsylvania. This milk was sold at the 9400 Old Route 22 farm and Swatty Creek Farms of Berks County, Shady Breeze Farm Corn-Crib of Lebanon County and The Farm Store of Schuylkill County in plastic gallon containers. However, the product got no illnesses attributed to it. Listeriosis can be caused by listeria monocytogenes and the illness of listeriosis has symptoms including diarrhea, fever, muscle aches and nausea. Pregnant women, adults with impaired immune systems, newborns and the elderly are the groups of people that listeriosis mainly affects. Miscarriage, premature delivery, stillbirth or serious infection of the newborn are results that can be caused by listeriosis in pregnant women. Anyone who got sick from consuming this raw milk from the Sunshine Dairy brand should consult their physician or physicians.
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