California state ag officials have recalled raw milk from a Central Valley dairy after tests found the bird flu virus in a sample of milk from a bulk tank. State officials warned residents not to consume milk from Valley Milk Simply Bottled because it could lead to infection with this rare, emerging flu virus. No illnesses have been reported so far. It was the second raw milk recall in California in two weeks.
Raw Farm LLC of Fresno voluntarily recalled all of its raw milk and cream products on December 3 due to possible bird flu contamination. Valley Milk is 100 miles away from Raw Farm LLC. The USDA says the H5N1 virus was recently identified in a backyard poultry flock in Louisiana, making it the 50th state to report an outbreak. Almost 124 million birds have died of H5N1 since the disease first appeared in flocks in February 2022.
