Did you buy raw milk at one of these stores? Another recall issued for tainted California milk (2024)

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Questions follow massive recall of California raw milk after bird flu testing More to Read Warning issued for contaminated raw milk sold in L.A. County stores Despite warnings from bird flu experts, it’s business as usual in California dairy country Bird flu virus detected in California raw milk

California health officials announced Wednesday that another batch of raw milk from Fresno-based Raw Farm has tested positive for bird flu virus, as dairy farms throughout the state continue to struggle with a widening number of outbreaks.

For the second time in roughly the span of a week, Santa Clara County Department of Public Health officials tested store-bought raw milk and found evidence of the virus. The sample was collected and tested on Tuesday.

Raw Farm is voluntarily recalling a batch of “cream top” whole milk half-gallon-size products, lot No. 20231119, expiration date Dec. 7.

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According to Mark McAfee, the owner of Raw Farm, the state’s Department of Food and Agriculture has requested that he “hold delivery of further products” until Friday.

On Wednesday, state agriculture officials visited his farms in Fresno and Hanford, as well as his creamery in Fowler, and tested finished and unfinished products, as well as his trucks, bulk tanks and bottling facility.

He said the investigation was carried out with a thoroughness “like never before.”

There have been no reported illnesses associated with either this second recall or the first. The first recall also involved Raw Farm and was limited to a batch that was bottled on Nov. 9.

State and federal health officials say the H5N1 bird flu virus poses a low risk to the public. However, they have urged people not to drink raw, unpasteurized milk.

In addition, every waste site tested in California by WastewaterScan — an infectious-disease monitoring network led by researchers at Stanford and Emory University, with lab testing partner Verily, Alphabet Inc.’s life sciences organization — has tested positive for bird flu in the last two weeks.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a statement late Wednesday expanding the list of stores that may have sold bird-flu-contaminated raw milk.

They include:

Back Door Bakery, 8349 Foothill Blvd., Sunland, CA 91040
Bristol Farms, 7880 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046
Eataly, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90067
Erewhon Market, 475 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
Erewhon Market, 26767 Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302
Erewhon Market, 4121 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90029
Erewhon Market, 7660 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Lassen’s Natural Foods, 1631 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Lassen’s Natural Foods, 2080 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Lassen’s Natural Foods, 710 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Lazy Acres, 1841 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Lazy Acres, 2510 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Mothers Market & Kitchen, 6677 W. Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038
Mothers Market & Kitchen, 2475 Cherry Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755
Sprouts Farmers Market, 1302 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles CA 90019
Sprouts Farmers Market, 1751 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90024
Sprouts Farmers Market, 8985 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90034
Sprouts Farmers Market, 915 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038
Sprouts Farmers Market, 2245 Yosemite Drive, Eagle Rock, 90041
Sprouts Farmers Market, 7925 Atlantic Ave., Cudahy CA, 90201
Sprouts Farmers Market, 5660 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City CA, 90230
Sprouts Farmers Market, 12060 Lakewood Blvd., Downey, CA 90242
Sprouts Farmers Market, 14411 Hawthorne Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90260
Sprouts Farmers Market, 1515 Hawthorne Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Sprouts Farmers Market, 4230 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance CA, 90505
Sprouts Farmers Market, 15801 Whittier Blvd., Whittier, CA 90603
Sprouts Farmers Market, 11522 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650
Sprouts Farmers Market, 11900 South St., Cerritos, CA 90703
Sprouts Farmers Market, 4253 Woodruff Ave., Lakewood, CA 90713
Sprouts Farmers Market, 820 N. Western Ave., San Pedro, CA 90732
Sprouts Farmers Market, 4600 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, CA 90804
Sprouts Farmers Market, 920 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Sprouts Farmers Market, 400 W. Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016
Sprouts Farmers Market, 39 N. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107
Sprouts Farmers Market, 6607 Fallbrook Ave., West Hills, CA 91307
Sprouts Farmers Market, 10821 N. Zelzah Ave., Granada Hills, CA 91344
Sprouts Farmers Market, 24285 Magic Mountain Pkwy., Valencia, CA 91355
Sprouts Farmers Market, 21821 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Sprouts Farmers Market, 1011 N. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504
Sprouts Farmers Market, 11315 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604
Sprouts Farmers Market, 835 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711
Sprouts Farmers Market, 655 S Grand Ave., Glendora, CA 91740
Sprouts Farmers Market, 1375 Foothill Blvd., La Verne, CA 91750
Sprouts Farmers Market, 239 S. Diamond Bar Blvd., Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Sprouts Farmers Market, 2630 E. Workman Ave., West Covina, CA 91791
Sprouts Farmers Market, 150 E Main St., Alhambra, CA 91801
Vitamin City LB, 6247 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Vitamin City, 642 W. Arrow Highway, San Dimas, CA 91773
Whole Wheatery, 44264 10th W., Lancaster, CA 93534