2-27-15 raw milk-durand

DURAND, Wis. (AP) — Pepin County dairy farmers who had their sales permit suspended are denying allegations that their milk made students and coaches sick at a high school football team potluck. According to a state Department of Health Services report, at least 26 people who attended the September dinner were confirmed to have bacterial infections tied to consuming raw milk. The coaches and students were affiliated with the Durand High School football team.   Roland and Diana Reed of Arkansaw pleaded no contest to a charge from a state agency that they distributed unpasteurized milk. They agreed to have their permit to sell and distribute Grade A milk suspended for 30 days.  But an attorney for the Reeds says they did not admit their milk caused the bacterial infections as part of the agreement. He says the state’s report was “incomplete, at best.”