Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Simply deadly: Raw milk in an era of widespread bird flu

 

"Atom Heart Mother" photo by Retiring Guy
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) on December 14 announced a recall of raw milk from a second producer—Valley Milk Simply Bottled in Stanislaus County—based on positive tests for avian flu from bulk-milk testing samples. 
Stanislaus County is part of California's Central Valley, which has been hit hard by H5N1 outbreaks in dairy cows since August. Unlike the earlier raw-milk recall involving products from Raw Farms, the recall of Valley Milk's raw milk wasn't based on positive samples from products on retail shelves. 
In its statement, the CDFA said the recall order applies to quarts, half-gallons, and gallon plastic jugs with date codes ranging from December 23 to December 30.

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