Influencer Hannah Neeleman and husband Daniel Neeleman’s Ballerina Farm has reportedly halted selling raw milk amid health concerns.
A report published by local Utah outlet KPCW on Thursday, January 29, claimed that health inspectors found two violations after a routine milk testing conducted in late May and early June 2025.
KPCW cited Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) records, which reportedly noted that the screening showed high levels of coliform in the raw bottled milk. (Coliform is the family of bacteria that includes E. coli.)
The state’s dairy program manager told the outlet that Ballerina Farm made the decision to halt raw milk sales. A spokesperson for Ballerina Farm shared that raw milk was only being sold at the company’s Kamas farm stand and that the brand is only selling pasteurized milk for now.
“Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint,” a Ballerina Farm spokesperson said in a statement to KPCW. “Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact.”
The outlet reported that Ballerina Farm noted its current dairy is better suited to pasteurized products and it has plans to create a second dairy in the future for raw milk products.
An informational page on the UDAG website notes that ingesting unpasteurized dairy products can lead to “serious health risks.” E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria can be found in raw milk.
Hannah, who has more than 10.4 million followers on Instagram, has been candid about consuming raw milk as she monetized her lifestyle with the Ballerina Farm brand. (The company also sells sourdough starters, salt, protein power and more.)
In October 2024, the influencer shared with People that drinking the product helped her beauty and wellness routine.
“[My mom] was like, ‘When you started drinking raw milk, your skin got a lot better,’” Hannah shared. “And I kind of think there’s something to that.”
The mom of eight rose to fame online as the “trad wife” phenomenon took over social media. Hannah, however, shared in July 2025 that she doesn’t “necessarily identify” with the label. (The idea centers on women who have rejected modern gender roles and reverted to an old-fashioned definition of womanhood.)
“Because we are traditional in the sense that it’s a man and a woman, we have children, but I do feel like we’re paving a lot of paths that haven’t been paved before,” she told The Sunday Times in an interview at the time.
While Hannah is a stay-at-home mother, the former Julliard dancer noted that she has a high-earning job as a contributor to their 328-acre family farm in Utah.
“For me to have the label of a traditional woman,” she continued. “I’m kinda, like, I don’t know if I identify with that.”
When Daniel was asked whether he identified as the head of their household, he replied, “No. We’re co-CEOs.” Hannah agreed with his sentiment, adding, “Yeah. We are.”
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