Oklahoma's governor signed a law in late May 2026 allowing dairies to sell more than ten times the previous legal volume of raw milk directly to consumers. At the time of signing, active raw milk illness clusters were underway in three states.
In Idaho, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare was investigating nearly 60 cases of campylobacteriosis linked to raw milk from two separate dairies. In Louisiana, at least 11 people had become ill from raw milk. In California, cases were confirmed, and at least one child developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a potentially fatal kidney complication most commonly caused by E. coli O157:H7 contamination, though Campylobacter can also produce post-infectious kidney complications.
