DUNN'S Dairy in Drewsteignton is confident that normal production of it milk and cream products will soon be back to normal this week.

The family owned dairy at Beacon View Farm last week was ordered by environmental officers to halt production after they raised concerns that either the pasteurised milk had been contaminated or the pasteurisation process had not been effective.

Public Health England and West Devon Borough Council urged consumers in Devon last week who received milk and cream products from Dunn's Dairy not to consume and to dispose of them.

As a precaution, the council's environmental health team has asked the dairy to stop supplying milk and cream products and recall any of these products supplied. The dairy has also been issued with a notice to stop production. The dairy supplies milk to doorsteps and businesses covering the Devon area, including; West Devon, Teignbridge, Exeter, Mid Devon, Torbay. The dairy is not to be confused with Dunn's Dairy of Underdown Farm, Exbourne.

A spokesperson at Dunn's Dairy at Beacon View Farm, told the Times on June 18 that the precaution was taken last Tuesday (June 11) but the company was still trading as normal as milk from its cows was taken to another dairy to be pasteurised.

'We are expecting a visit from the environmental health officers in the next few days and look forward to them giving us the all clear,' she said.