Protecting families from contaminated food and water
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Protecting families from contaminated food and water
Posted in Campylobacter,Outbreaks & Recalls,Raw Milk on June 27, 2025
Meadow View Jerseys raw milk dairy is the subject of another raw milk contamination concern. This Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announcement comes just under a year from last year’s E. coli contamination announcement.
Here’s what we know so far about the Meadow View Jerseys raw milk recall and what to do if you have become sick.
According to reports, The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has asked those who have purchased Meadow View Jerseys brand raw milk since April 1, 2025 to stop drinking it immediately and discard the product.
According to the department, this raw milk product sold in parts of Southeastern and Southcentral Pennsylvania tested positive for harmful bacteria.
Campylobacter.
This type of bacteria, among others like Listeria, E. coli, and Salmonella, are a serious concern in raw milk.
Campylobacter is a type of bacteria that can cause serious intestinal illness. Animals, such as cows, usually show no signs of infection, but can spread their illness to humans through contamination. Particularly in raw milk, where no heat treatment is applied to kill harmful microbes.
This bad bug is responsible for an estimated 1.5 million illness in the United States each year.
Campylobacter infections initially present as intestinal illness. However, serious complications may develop.
If you have recently consumed Meadow View Jerseys brand raw milk, monitor yourself for Campylobacter symptoms.
Common Campylobacter symptoms include diarrhea (often bloody), fever, and stomach cramps. Some people with Campylobacter infections may also experience nausea and vomiting.
People usually begin feeling sick around two to five days after ingesting campylobacter bacteria or something contaminated with it.
While most people begin feeling better in about a week, some people may experience additional complications.
Certain people with weakened immune systems such as those with AIDS, receiving chemotherapy, or people with a blood disorder may develop a life-threatening infection if it spreads to the bloodstream.
This happens when Campylobacter bacteria breach the small capillaries in the intestinal wall. From there, they can enter other parts of the body and cause systemic infection, resulting in severe illness.
Certain complications, such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and Reactive Arthritis can occur from Campylobacter infections from potentially contaminated products like Meadow View Jerseys brand raw milk.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a type of paralysis experienced by around 3,000 to 6,000 people in the United States. While there are many different ways to cause this complication, Campylobacter infection is one of them.
Consuming contaminated raw milk is one way of getting this infection.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is the result of an autoimmune response to the body’s nerves.
It starts as a weakness and tingling sensation in the arms and upper body and can spread until muscles become paralyzed over the course of a few hours, days, or even weeks depending on the person.
Most people recover within a few weeks. However, others may take years to recover. Some may experience permanent nerve damage. Some people have even died from Guillain-Barré syndrome complications.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Irritable Bowel Disease is caused by environmental triggers, such as a Campylobacter bacterial infection.
This inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract often comes with symptoms such as persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding/bloody stools, weight loss, and fatigue.
Campylobacter infections can also cause a type of joint condition called reactive arthritis. This condition involves inflammation, pain, and swelling of the joints (knees, ankles, and feet). It can also affect the eyes and urethra.
Reactive arthritis symptoms may come and go. However, it can take up to a year or more to fully resolve in some cases.
In a Facebook post, Meadow View Jerseys announces that they have issued a recall and their cease production order by state health officials.
“As most of you probably already know we have done a recall on our raw milk and the state has required us to stop production. The state health department got a positive campylobactor test from a gallon of our milk. We have tested the milk ourselves and got a negative test but unfortunately it is not recognized by the state. We are currently going through testing to become recertified. We are still drinking the milk ourselves and haven’t had any issues. We will let you know as soon as we are up and running again. Thanks for your patience!”
Of course, a cease production and recall can be a financial burden on a small dairy farm. Frustration with the situation is understandable.
However, serious contamination concerns are not taken lightly by state health authorities.
Complicating matters further, is that even a small amount of contamination can cause serious illness. Depending on how samples are obtained, a single negative sample does not mean that there are no pathogens in a larger batch.
Unless the product is grossly contaminated and the bacteria are evenly distributed in a larger batch, a small sample may not contain enough bacteria to result in a positive test. For this reason, routine testing activities often include multiple samples.
Additional testing and monitoring over a period of time are necessary to clear the dairy to produce raw milk for public consumption.
This is not the first contamination concern the dairy has encountered. Last year the same dairy experienced a similar contamination event.
In 2024, The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued a warning for consumers due to concerns about an E. coli contamination. A strain of bacteria that produces harmful Shiga toxins.
This problem was also discovered during routine sampling activities.
This recall involved products sold between August 5 and August 12, 2024
The current recall announcement includes products sold since April 1, 2025 with sell by dates between April 15 and July 8, 2025.
Recalled Raw Milk:
Meadow View Jerseys brand
Purchased Since April 1, 2025
Sell By Dates: April 15, 2025 to July 8, 2025
According to the announcement, the Department of Agriculture indicates that wholesalers and distributors who have sold the milk have already been contacted. However, the department could not obtain a list of consumers who purchased the potentially contaminated milk.
A previous recall announcement included the following locations:
Weaver Orchard, 40 Fruit Lane, Morgantown, PA 19543
Soil & Soul Farm, 2405 Colebrook Road, Middletown, PA 17057
Meadow View Jerseys Retail Farm Store, 172 South Farmersville Road, Leola, PA 17540
Bird in Hand Farm Supply, 2805 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird in Hand, PA 17505
Ebenezer Groceries, 465 North Reading Road, Ephrata, PA 17522
Everest Indian Grocery Store, 1621 Columbia Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603
Forry’s Country Store, 820 Ivy Drive Lancaster, PA 17601
Hilltop Acres, 347 Rife Run Road, Manheim, PA 17545
Meck’s Produce, 1955 Beaver Valley Pike, Strasburg, PA 17579
Sensenig Poultry, 843 Furnace Hill Road, Lititz, PA 17543
The Country Store 3140, Mount Joy Road, Mount Joy PA 17552
Union Mill Acres, 7557 Elizabethtown, Road Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Willow Creek Grocery, 30 Willow Street, Reinholds, PA 17569
Country View Grocery, 1941 Horseshoe Pike, Annville, PA 17003
Contact your healthcare provider right away if you begin experiencing Campylobacter symptoms after consuming Meadow View Jerseys raw milk.
If you are experiencing mild symptoms and do not need medical care, it is still a good idea to report your illness to your local health department. Additional lot information can help food safety investigators better understand the scope of the problem. Every bit of data helps.
If you still have some of the product, it is a good idea to hold onto it for potential testing. Keep it refrigerated to help preserve it. Bag up the container and clearly mark it so that others in the household know not to consume it.
If you have become seriously ill, you should contact a Campylobacter lawyer. Medical bills, lost work, caring for a loved one, and other concerns associated with Campylobacter illness add up. You may have a legal case to cover those financial burdens.
If you or a loved one have become sick from consuming Meadow View Jerseys raw milk, The Lange Law Firm, PLLC can help!
The experienced Raw Milk and Campylobacter Lawyers at The Lange Law Firm, PLLC have represented families with cases just like yours.
Contact (833) 330-3663 or click here for more information. A compassionate team member will go over the details of your situation to determine if you have a legal case.
Call or email today to get the help you deserve!
By: Heather Van Tassell (contributing writer, non-lawyer)