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Bird flu found in sample of California raw milk: Officials (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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California health officials detected bird flu (H5N1) in a sample of raw milk from Raw Farm, prompting a recall.

While no illnesses have been linked to the milk, consumers are urged to avoid it. Pasteurized milk remains safe, as the process eliminates pathogens, including bird flu.

The FDA has long warned about raw milk risks, such as Salmonella and E. coli.

Despite the dangers, figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for Health Secretary, continue to advocate for raw milk consumption.

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[–] python@programming.dev 17 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

The raw milk Americans are drinking is a commercial product??? As in like, you buy it at a store?? That is absolutely insane, no way that anything unpasteurized would keep well enough to go through that supply chain.

To get raw milk here in Germany, you literally walk to a local farm and get some from the tanks they fill up and ship out daily for commercial use. It's never more than a day old, and you're supposed to use it all up within a day or so.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

IIRC The only place I've ever seen raw milk, currently for sale in the US, is a Mormon fundamentalist town out on the Arizona-Utah border. I believe they also sold ice cream or soft serve from it as well. I suspect it may be illegal there too but not enforced.

[–] MacAttak8@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Never have I seen raw milk in grocery stores for sale, this is something you have to go direct to farmers for as far as I know. Every supermarket I go to only has pasteurized milk.

Edit: while I’ve never seen raw milk at chain grocery stores, it seems in some areas raw milk is indeed sold at retail locations. I wouldn’t be surprised if it varied by state or municipality.

It is illegal to sell raw milk in my state.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Nah I’ve never seen raw milk for salmon any grocery store…. But we may see it here soon!!

Brain-worm moron RFK Jr. thinks we should all be drinking raw milk and he’s slated to take over the US health services

[–] ours@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Yet real Swiss cheese like proper Gruyere is forbidden in the US because it's made from raw milk.