A bird flu virus has been detected in raw milk produced at a Fresno dairy.
The California Department of Public Health has issued a warning for people to not drink one batch of cream top, whole raw milk from Raw Farm, LLC, in Fresno.
The big picture: Raw Farm has issued a voluntary recall at the state’s request for the batch of raw milk.
- The product’s affected lot code is 20241109 with a Best By date of Nov. 27.
- So far there have not been any reported illnesses associated with the lot of raw milk.
Zoom out: The bird flu detection took place at the County of Santa Clara Public Health Laboratory and was verified by the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System.
- It comes amid the ongoing spread of bird flu in dairy cows and poultry, which have resulted in 29 confirmed human cases of bird flu in California.
- There have not been any person-to-person cases detected in the country, and all cases have reported mild symptoms that have not resulted in hospitalization.
Go deeper: After bird flu was detected in the retail product, the California Department of Food and Agriculture started testing at both of Raw Farm’s locations.
- Results were negative for bird flu from those tests.
What we’re watching: The state will begin testing for bird flu twice per week at Raw Farm’s locations.
