Bird Flu Detected In Second CA Raw Milk Sample

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports:

State health officials have issued another warning to Californians not to consume raw milk after the bird flu virus was detected in a second retail sample from Raw Farm LLC. The Fresno-based company has issued a voluntary recall of the affected milk lot code number 20241119, which has a Best By date of 12/07/2024 printed on the packaging.

The second recall comes after the same company issued a voluntary recall of all quart and half gallon-sized milk products produced on Nov. 9 earlier this week.

Those impacted products expire on Nov. 27. The batch’s lot ID is 20241109. When a cow is infected with bird flu, high amounts of the virus can be detected in its milk. However, the Food and Drug Administration says that pasteurization kills or inactivates the virus.

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