Wisconsin state officials are refusing to identify a dairy farm that supplied unpasteurized milk at a potluck dinner where 38 participants, including members of the Durand High School football team, were sickened with Campylocater.

Despite requests from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel under the state’s Open Records law, officials with the Department of Health Services and the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, have been unwilling to provide the information.

Moreover, they’ve refused to identify a dairy farm that supplied unpasteurized milk at a June 2011 elementary school event in Racine County where 16 people were sickened.

“It’s outrageous. The public has the right to this information. Who is the state of Wisconsin trying to protect, the public or bad operators?” said Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

In the Racine County incident, unpasteurized milk from a local farm was served at a school event at North Cape Elementary School in Raymond, about 10 miles northwest of Racine.

“Allegedly, teachers at the school event thought drinking milk directly from a farm would be a good educational experience for the students,” State Rep. Don Pridemore (R-Erin) said in a statement after the illness outbreak.