Opponents of a bill that would allow the sale of raw milk in New Jersey spoke against it at a public hearing by the state Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources committee.
The committee approved the bill, A518, co-sponsored by John DiMaio of Hackettstown, a Republican representing the 23rd District, which includes portions of Hunterdon, Warren and Somerset counties.
The bill would allow the sale of raw milk to be legally sold for the first time in the state. So far, 38 eight confirmed cases of illness from a pathogen called campylobacter caused by a Pennsylvania dairy farm selling raw milk directly to the public were reported in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and New Jersey.
Pennsylvania health officials said Thursday, Feb. 2 that consumers should discard raw milk bought from the Family Cow farm in Chambersburg on or after Jan. 1.
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