State health authorities announced the detection of the avian influenza virus from a retail milk sample from a dairy in Fresno, California.
This state health department press release pertains to the sample taken from a retail store test positive on November 21 during routine screening by health officers of Santa Clara County.
The dairy Raw Farm has announced a voluntary recall of one batch of cream top, whole raw milk under its best by date of the end of November.
"Consumers must return any remaining product to the store of purchase," said the state health department in a release.
The department said pasteurized milk was safe.
They also announced the bird flu detection among the first reported cases of a minor in the U.S. on Friday.
According to the CDC, the child had mild symptoms, was treated with antiviral medications, and has now recovered.
According to the CDC, at least 55 cases of bird flu have been reported in the U.S. this year, including 29 in California. Most were farm workers archived as mild symptomatic cases.
H5N1 bird flu has been spreading in recent years among their wild and domesticated birds as well as other animals across different states in the US.
Starting in March, it has affected dairy cattle in the U.S., California being the epicenter of the outbreak with over 402 herds infected since August.