Public health officials in the western US state of California confirmed that the bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk produced by a local dairy farm.
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department, which has been testing raw milk from local retailers as part of a monitoring program for H5N1 avian influenza, said in a news release on Sunday that the County’s public health laboratory identified the H5 virus in samples of raw milk produced by Raw Farm LLC on November 21.
The County immediately notified the California Department of Public Health, said the news release, adding that the raw milk was voluntarily recalled by the company and the state has advised the public to not consume the contaminated raw milk.
The California Department of Public Health on Sunday warned the public to avoid consuming one batch of cream top and whole raw milk produced …