Pa. warns again about raw milk from Chambersburg farm

Pennsylvania health officials warned consumers Wednesday to discard raw milk from the Family Cow farm in Chambersburg due to bacterial contamination.

The state Health Department has confirmed five cases of Campylobacter infection in people who drank milk from the farm at 3854 Olde Scotland Road.

The state Agriculture Department also collected raw-milk samples from the farm May 17, and on Tuesday confirmed positive tests for Campylobacter, which causes severe diarrhea. The state has ordered a halt to sales there.

The raw milk - milk that is unpasteurized - is sold under the Family Cow label to outlets around Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and the Lehigh Valley, as well as south-central Pennsylvania.

This is the second time the raw-milk producer has been hit with bacterial contamination problems. In January 2012, 70 Pennsylvanians and 11 others in nearby states were sickened by raw milk from the farm in what became the state's biggest dairy-related food-disease outbreak in 20 years. Raw milk is 150 times more likely to cause illness than the pasteurized variety, federal officials say.