"We have started testing raw milk from retail raw dairies that are near (in the same county or in a county adjacent to) a known outbreak of avian flu in commercial producer dairies," Lara Anton, a spokesperson
When California's raw milk dairies learned about new legislation tightening safety standards for their unpasteurized milk and cream, they - alongside passionate raw milk devotees - bitterly lobbied against mandates they believed would destroy their business. Now their fears are starting to be realized...
Although the finding surprised health officials, they say there is at present little concern that the infected raw milk will make it into the food supply. Dairies must destroy milk from sick cows, and it's believed that pasteurization would kill the virus in milk from cows that have not yet...
"We have started testing raw milk from retail raw dairies that are near (in the same county or in a county adjacent to) a known outbreak of avian flu in commercial producer dairies," Lara Anton, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said in an email. In Ohio...