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The California Department of Food and Agriculture has issued a statewide recall of uncooked milk produced and packaged by Valley Milk Simply Bottled after H5N1 hen flu virus was present in samples from a bulk tank on the firm’s dairy farm.
The recall applies to all Valley Milk and Desi Milk uncooked cow milk in quarter, half-gallon or gallon jugs marked with dates between December 23 and December 30, the company stated in a statement.
No sicknesses have been reported in reference to this recall, however the division is urging customers to not use the merchandise and urging retailers to drag them from cabinets. Modesto, California-based Valley Milk Simply Bottled and Desi Milk haven’t responded to CNN’s request for remark.
Raw milk and cream from Fresno, California-based Raw Farm had been recalled in early December after hen flu virus was present in merchandise from retailer cabinets, dairy shops and bottling websites.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a warning Thursday advising residents to not devour uncooked milk merchandise or feed it to their pets. Pet cats who consumed recalled uncooked milk just lately turned sick and died, the agency said. People who had contact with the cats had been monitoring for signs and had been provided antiviral drugs.
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Raw dairy merchandise haven’t undergone pasteurization, a heating course of that kills dangerous germs similar to hen flu virus, listeria, salmonella, E. coli and Campylobacter. These pathogens could make anybody sick, however youngsters, older adults, pregnant individuals and people with weakened immune methods usually tend to turn out to be sick. Previous sickness outbreaks linked with uncooked milk or uncooked milk merchandise have concerned miscarriages, nonetheless births, kidney failure and demise.
At least 10 sicknesses have been reported in individuals who drank uncooked milk, the California Department of Public Health stated final week. None had been linked to hen flu.
