After two limited recalls, all raw milk and cream from a Fresno-based dairy farm must be removed from store shelves. The cows at Raw Farm are infected with H5N1 bird flu, state officials say.

A six-week shutdown of Fresno County-based Raw Farm dairy, the state’s leading raw milk bottler, has cost the company at least $2.7 million in lost sales, founder Mark McAfee told The Bee this week.

"I think you're going to see major changes within six to eight months," the founder and CEO of the family-operated Raw Farm near Fresno, California, predicted in an interview with Fox News Digital.

A gallon of raw milk is set out at the Raw Farm USA dairy store in Fresno County on Friday, June 14, 2024. CRAIG KOHLRUSS/[email protected] ...

Containers of Raw Farm raw milk are displayed on a shelf at Berkeley Bowl on Nov. 25 in Berkeley, California. Mark McAfee, the founder and CEO of Fresno County dairy Raw Farm, says Robert F. Kennedy ...

The cats drank unpasteurized milk from lots recalled by Raw Farm, of Fresno, whose dairy products were pulled from California store shelves in December after health officials found the virus in ...

In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee's farm in Fresno, California ... say it's risky business. Samples of raw milk can contain bird flu virus and other pathogens ...

The cats drank unpasteurized milk from lots recalled by Raw Farm, of Fresno, whose dairy products were pulled from California store shelves in December after health officials found the virus in ...