California health officials said the bird flu virus was detected in a batch of raw milk from a dairy farm and have urged the public not to consume the product. The virus, also known as Avian influenza A , was detected in one batch of cream top, whole raw milk produced by Raw Farm in Fresno County, the California Department of Public Health said on Sunday. The company issued a voluntary recall of the milk product, which has a best buy date of Nov. 27.
The county contacted stores on Friday to alert them to pull the raw milk from shelves. The test results were confirmed by the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System at the University of California, Davis. The Santa Clara Public Health Laboratory has been testing raw milk products from various retail stores as a 'second line of consumer protection,' the
In the last two days CDFA has collected extra dairy samples from our farm bulk tanks and even retail samples and they are all officially Negative for