Ashley Falls News

Health officials say they were acting on early test results when they distributed a statewide alert last week that erroneously linked a local dairy farm to a rare bacterial infection.

State regulators have lifted a ban on milk sales at Twin Rivers Farm in Ashley Falls in Sheffield, according to the Berkshire Eagle, which noted that a local herd of cattle was not actually infected with a rare bacteria as previously suspected.

A government investigation of the herd suspected of being the source of a single case of a rare bacterial disease has so far not located the germ at Twin Rivers Farm, although officials say the "thorough" search has not yet surveyed all cows and milk.

Sales at Twin Rivers Farm in Ashley Falls have been halted while state health officials investigate the possibility that its raw milk may be contaminated with a rare, infectious bacteria, the Berkshire Eagle reports.

Berkshire County's raw milk drinkers may have been exposed to a rare bacteria that causes severe infections, according to state officials.