At the moment, Ballerina Farm is only selling pasteurized milk.

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If you have not yet read about the Ballerina Farm's health violations, you are in for yet another reason why raw milk should be avoided, and farmed cows should once and for all be left alone to finally experience freedom.

Below, we report on the Ballerina Farm's raw milk blunder, which is as predictable as anything else that has happened in the past year. Continue reading to learn more about the raw milk issue and why the farm has been under fire.

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In the least shocking news of the year, Hannah Neeleman and Daniel Neeleman, the billionaire heir influencer family, are guilty of multiple health violations on their picture-perfect (at least on social media) farm, leading to a pause on the farm's raw milk sales.

According to a report in PEOPLE, "health inspectors found two violations following routine milk testing conducted in late May and early June [2025]."

A damning report by KPCW, Utah's NPR affiliate, notes that Ballerina Farm failed the milk safety tests within just months of launching its sale of raw milk.

"According to records obtained by KPCW from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food...Tests from late May and early June revealed too-high levels of coliform, the family of bacteria that includes E. coli, in the farm’s bottled raw milk."

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At the moment, Ballerina Farm is only selling pasteurized milk. Nevertheless, the billionaire heirs claim that Ballerina Farm "plans to construct a second dairy [farm] in the future that’s designed specifically for raw milk products," according to KPCW.

For now, KPCW reports "guidelines from Utah’s Raw Milk for Retail program stipulate any milk that fails its health tests must be either recalled or not sold, then disposed of. Permits may be suspended if a seller repeatedly fails its milk tests."

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Internet responses to this news have ranged from delusional defense of a famous influencer couple, to those who feigned shock that something like this could happen.

Especially considering Daniel Neeleman's outlandish public comments about being unaware that raw milk production requires "careful planning," hopefully, this news proves to be a fatal blow to an irresponsible and unethical dairy operation.