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School Pulls Milk Brand From Cafeteria After Mercer Co. Issues Alert
Hamilton School District removed all cartons of a milk brand after Camden students were hospitalized from drinking contaminated milk.
MERCER COUNTY, NJ — After dozens of students in Camden were hospitalized for consuming contaminated milk, a local school district pulled the milk brand from its cafeteria.
The Hamilton Township School District on Wednesday decided to remove all Guida's brand milk cartons from the school cafeteria after the County issued an alert.
“We are aware of the possibility of contaminated milk in another school district. When our food service provider was made aware of the situation they immediately pulled all milk by that brand from our food service,” school Superintendent Scott R Rocco told district families in an update late Wednesday evening.
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The school district is now looking to provide students with an alternative milk brand, Rocco said.
"Our chocolate milk supply is provided by another brand and will be available tomorrow. We will also have other drinks, including juice and water available for our students,” the Superintendent said.
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Mercer County issued an emergency alert Wednesday evening, asking all district schools to check cafeterias for the presence of Guida’s brand milk. The County asked schools to check for type, size and code dates.
The New Jersey Department of Health’s Public Health and Food Protection Program alerted the County to check for the presence of peroxyacetic sanitizer in Guida’s 1% Lowfat Milk, code dated 09-183 Apr 11 B2. Other code dates of Guida’s milk may be also be affected, the department said.
More than two dozen children were hospitalized as a precaution on Wednesday after officials at a Camden early learning center said the students were mistakenly given sanitizer in their milk cartons. Read More: Pre-K Students Served Sanitizer In Milk Cartons At NJ School
District officials have since pulled all milk from schools until an investigation into the incident is complete.
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