Bird flu detected in raw milk from Fresno County, state officials warn

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Bird flu microorganism has been detected successful a retail illustration of earthy beverage from a Fresno-based earthy dairy farm, California wellness officials confirmed Sunday.

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) warned consumers against drinking earthy beverage aft a batch of pick top, full earthy beverage from Raw Farm, LLC of Fresno County.

Raw Farm has since issued a voluntary callback for each quart and fractional gallon sized beverage products produced connected Nov. 9 with an expiration day of Nov. 27 with a batch ID of 20241109.

State wellness officials accidental nary illnesses person been reported with this batch of milk, however, owed to the ongoing dispersed of vertebrate flu successful dairy cows, consumers are advised not to portion the affected earthy milk. Pasteurized beverage is inactive harmless to drink.

The CDPH reports they person notified retailers to region the affected beverage from their shelves and impulse consumers to instrumentality the merchandise immediately.

Farmers are advised to interaction the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s vertebrate flu hotline astatine 866-922-2473 if they fishy their animals are infected with vertebrate flu.