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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Dec 3, 2024, 07:42 AM Dec 3

Step 1: Mark McAfee's farms have raw milk infected with bird flu. Step 2: RFK wants him "advising" the FDA

Via PZ Myers.

California suspends distribution of Raw Farm raw milk products after bird flu detection

Distribution of Raw Farm raw milk products has been suspended after bird flu virus was found in milk samples, the California Department of Food and Agriculture said.
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California health officials previously warned consumers not to drink two lots of recalled Raw Farm products — lot code 20241119 with a best-by date of 12/07/2024 and lot code 20241109 with a best-by date of November 27 — after testing identified bird flu virus in the milk.
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As bird flu has spread among poultry and cattle in the US this year, raw milk has seen a new wave of interest and some high-profile supporters, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Raw milk was on a laundry list of items that faced “aggressive suppression” by the US Food and Drug Administration, Kennedy said in a post on X in October. In a fact sheet shared with CNN on Monday, Raw Farm said its CEO, Mark McAfee, “has been asked by the RFK transition team to apply for the position of ‘FDA advisor on Raw Milk Policy and Standards Development.’ ” CNN has reached out to the Trump transition team for comment.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/02/health/raw-farm-raw-milk-products-distribution-suspended-california/index.html


California cattle are responsible for over half the human infections of bird flu. And this is the guy RFK wants to promote raw milk.
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Step 1: Mark McAfee's farms have raw milk infected with bird flu. Step 2: RFK wants him "advising" the FDA (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Dec 3 OP
He will fit right in. Another way to kill Americans. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #1
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