WORTHINGTON, Minn. – State investigators searched a second Minnesota farm that may have illegally sold raw milk as health officials investigate an E. coli outbreak that sickened several people, officials confirmed Monday.
The state's investigation began after E. coli traced to unpasteurized milk products sickened at least eight people. The southern Minnesota farm blamed for the outbreak — the Hartmann Dairy Farm near Gibbon – has been searched twice. The farm has disputed allegations that its unpasteurized milk caused the E. coli outbreak.
A farm in central Minnesota, Schlangen Family Farm near Freeport, was searched earlier this month, state Agriculture Department spokesman Michael Schommer said Monday.
At least two state investigators and two sheriff's deputies went to the farm, Minnesota Public Radio News reported over the weekend. They took milk and other samples from the farm, and seized farm management records.
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