A goat dairy in Longmont, Colorado, has been ordered to stop distributing raw milk products after 16 people became ill with both E. coli O157 and campylobacter.
Two children who drank goat milk from the Billy Goat Dairy required hospitalization, Boulder County Public Health reported Wednesday.
Of the people who reported becoming ill from consuming the milk products, lab tests confirmed the presence of campylobacter and E. coli O157, the health department said.
The Billy Goat Dairy operates a goat share program in which individuals buy a share of a goat and in return receive raw, unpasteurized milk. Health officials are contacting every household who participates in the goat share operation to determine if they became sick and to collect samples.
An updated table of raw-milk related outbreaks is available at ?http://bites.ksu.edu/rawmilk