Michigan farm dumped outhouse waste into field, contaminating produce

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Michigan farm dumped outhouse waste into field, contaminating produceA state health advisory warning people not to eat produce grown on a Michigan farm was prompted by the discovery of two 5-gallon buckets of excrement dumped directly into the fields, officials said Wednesday.The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) issued a consumer advisory Monday, telling people not to eat produce grown by Kuntry Gardens, a farm in Homer, near Battle Creek and in Calhoun County.More:Michigan cheese maker recalls Brie and Camembert due to listeria outbreakMore:Detroit has 43 public restrooms open year-round — leaving city's homeless with few optionsAccording to the agency, the untreated human waste came from two buckets, 5 gallons each, from outhouses on the farm.Kuntry Gardens violated Michigan Food Law and other state and federal laws by using "raw, untreated human waste on the fields where produce was grown for sale to local grocery stores and direct sale.”A cease and desist and seizure order was placed on the farm by MDARD.Seek medical advice if you are experiencing symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice (yellowing of the skin,) fever, abdominal cramps, loss of appetite, weakness, headache or other symptoms of foodborne illness."

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