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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The CEO of a Fresno County-based supplier of "raw milk" is firing backmost against claims his products were the origin of a salmonella outbreak. Raw Farm CEO Mark Mcafee acknowledged an outbreak happened - but claims it was acold smaller and little terrible than what was reported.
"There's thing caller present astir this astatine all. Yes, we caused immoderate illnesses that occurred successful September and October of 2023, but there's been thing since," said McAfee.
The claims are outlined in an nonfiction by the Associated Press, which added that the outbreak ended May 4. The nonfiction alleged that astatine slightest 165 radical crossed 4 states were sickened with salmonella infections from his earthy beverage products arsenic of February of this year; the nonfiction says that resulted successful 20 radical being hospitalized.
"Raw beverage lone lasts 7 days, truthful you're not going to person ongoing illnesses and it was a precise abbreviated play of clip with 1 codification date, and was affected by 1 cattle that was sick successful our herd," said McAfee.
McAfee claims the outbreak ended good earlier the extremity of past twelvemonth erstwhile they voluntarily recalled immoderate products.
"I bash cognize that determination were a mates of radical that went to the infirmary overnight, but everybody afloat recovered and we're precise blessed astir that," said McAfee.
According to the Fresno County Department of Public Health, lone 2 caller cases of salmonella successful the region person been linked to Raw Farm.
"Those were backmost successful October and December of 2023 we're not alert of further cases present successful Fresno County since then," said Dr. John Zweifler, aesculapian consultant, Fresno County Department of Public Health
Fresno County could not corroborate the numbers from the Associated Press but did accidental that adjacent with cleanable vetted tested processes utilized by earthy beverage suppliers similar Raw Farm the region recommends caution.
"Pasteurization is fundamentally heating up beverage to termination thing that whitethorn beryllium successful there. In peculiar bacteria, viruses, oregon parasites. The CDC recommends you bash not portion earthy beverage and you alternatively portion pasteurized milk," said Dr. Zweifler.
YourCentralValley.com has reached retired to the California Department of Public Health for comment, and clarification connected these numbers, but did not person a effect successful clip for this report.
