Raw Milk Warning Issued for Hendricks Farm & Dairy

Anyone who purchased raw milk from Hendricks Farm & Dairy in Franconia is advised to immediately discard it and any items made with it due to potential bacterial contamination. Recently, individuals who consumed raw milk purchased from the dairy were found to have gastrointestinal illness due to Campylobacter, a bacterial infection, according to a press release issued by the state’s departments of health and agriculture.

Since Sept. 1, a total of seven confirmed cases of Campylobacter infection have been reported among raw milk drinkers in seven unrelated households in Pennsylvania and a neighboring state. Other individuals in these households have also experienced similar gastrointestinal illness.

The Montgomery County Health Department said as of Friday that it is investigating two cases of Montgomery County residents diagnosed with Campylobacteriosis that are part of an outbreak that is occurring throughout the state. The Department of Agriculture will require two raw milk samples drawn at least one day apart to be tested negative for bacterial pathogens before raw milk sales may resume at the dairy in Franconia.