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California state officials have suspended a company’s sales of raw milk to retailers amid ongoing concerns about bird flu.
The warning came five days after the CDC confirmed that a child had tested positive for bird flu in California.
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The outbreak hit California dairy farms in the late summer, and shortly thereafter, some dairy workers handling the raw milk ...
State officials issued a second warning Wednesday that avian influenza, or bird flu, was detected in raw milk produced by a ...
Another batch of raw milk has tested positive for bird flu following an outbreak in California of the virus among dairy cows, ...
The CDPH noted that no illnesses connected to the raw milk have been reported, but "due to the ongoing spread of bird flu in ...