Dairy Recall 2021: Several Children Sickened By Milk Tainted With Cleaning Sanitizer
01/19/21 AT 11:34 AM
A total of 240,000 half-pint containers of 1% low-fat chocolate milk were recalled by Hiland Dairy after they were determined to be contaminated by a food-grade sanitizer.
The sanitizer was identified by the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information as Synergex, which is used to clean surfaces and dairy processing equipment, KFOR, an NBC affiliate out of Oklahoma City reported.
Several children were sickened by the contaminated milk, according to SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, which released a statement obtained by KFOR about the incident, saying, “Fifty patients on three patient care units, all minors, consumed contaminated milk.