Bird Flu Found In Raw Milk In California

The California Department of Public Health is warning that bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in the Golden State. The agency said that no illnesses have been associated with the lot of raw milk and that pasteurized milk remains safe to drink. Public Health also stressed that out of an abundance of caution consumers should not drink any of the raw milk in question.

Raw Farm LLC of Fresno County says it is using its standard safety procedures to monitor cows for illness.

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This news comes less than a week after a teenager in British Columbia contracted H5N1, despite not visiting a farm or being around animals. Health officials are looking at whether this variant is now mutating making it more transmissible among people.

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