Infectious disease experts have called for expanded testing since the beginning of the outbreak, arguing that the virus can’t be contained until farms, veterinarians and federal regulators know where ...

SACRAMENTO (KGO) -- Thousands of pounds of almonds are being recalled after a recent test found salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration said. Sacramento-based Blue Diamond Growers is recalling ...

Less than a week after California health officers confirmed a finding of bird flu virus in store-bought raw milk, state agriculture officials descended on Mark McAfee’s Raw Farm dairy “like never ...

Why it matters: A highly pathogenic strain of flu, deadly to birds, has spread to at least 58 herds of dairy cattle in nine states, and to at least two people. Samples of unpasteurized milk have been ...

The nation’s milk supply must be tested for the bird flu virus H5N1 under a new order announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The rules require unpasteurized milk samples from ...

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Jugs of raw milk fill a refrigerator at Raw Farm dairy in Fresno in June. (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times) Less than a week after California health officers confirmed a finding of bird flu virus in ...

The US Department of Agriculture will begin testing raw milk from dairy silos across the nation in an effort to better track the H5N1 bird flu that has been spreading in cattle since March. The agency ...