Woman, saying raw milk sickened her toddler and led to loss of unborn baby, sues Florida dairy farm

A woman has sued a Florida dairy farm state officials linked to an outbreak of infections from consuming raw milk, claiming she lost her unborn child while she was caring for her toddler who got sick from the milk.

A woman has sued a Florida dairy farm state officials linked to an outbreak of infections from consuming raw milk, claiming she lost her unborn child while she was caring for her toddler who got sick from the milk.

Rachel Maddox claimed that she didn’t know about the risks involved with raw milk and that her child became seriously sick after having consumed the product, according to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Seminole County.

Now she’s suing Keely Farms Dairy, a farm in New Smyrna Beach, which the state Health Department said this month was linked to at least 21 cases of campylobacter and shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections since January.

Those cases included six children under age 10 and seven hospitalizations.

State health officials warned at the time about the potential risks of drinking raw milk — milk that is not pasteurized, meaning it has not gone through a heat-treating process that destroys bacteria.