State agriculture officers Saturday introduced a uncooked milk recall from Stanislaus County producer Valley Milk Simply Bottled, a information report mentioned.
Officials found H5N1 bird flu in bulk milk tanks produced by the Modesto-based raw milk dairy, according to the news agency YubaNet.
The order applies to all Valley Milk Simply Bottled uncooked cow milk and Desi Milk uncooked cow milk distributed in quart, half-gallon and one-gallon plastic jugs with a code date of Dec. 23 by Dec. 30 marked on the container.
The Times couldn’t instantly attain the California Department of Food and Agriculture to substantiate the recall.
This is the second uncooked milk producer in California to have milk recalled in the previous couple of weeks. In November, the state secured a voluntary recall of all milk and cream products from Fresno-based Raw Farm. A number of days later, state officers suspended all Raw Farm sales of raw milk and cream.
There have been no confirmed H5N1 human outbreaks related to any of the uncooked milk remembers.
One child in Marin County is suspected to have been infected after ingesting recalled uncooked milk and turning into very ailing. Initial assessments instructed the kid may need the hen flu, however confirmatory assessments by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention couldn’t establish the virus.
Last week, two cats in Los Angeles County died after drinking recalled raw milk.
It is unclear the place Valley Milk Simply Bottled merchandise are offered and the way a lot milk is concerned within the recall.
Consumers are strongly urged to not devour any recalled product remaining of their fridges, and agriculture officers are asking retailers to drag the product instantly from their cabinets.
Health officers say pasteurized dairy merchandise are protected; the method inactivates the hen flu virus.
Since March, when H5N1 was first detected in dairy cows, 845 herds throughout 16 states have been contaminated, together with 630 in California.
