Oregon is one of six states to begin testing milk for H5N1 Avian Influenza 
On Dec. 12, 2024, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), with significant input from Oregon’s dairy industry and…
USDA Announced New Federal Order, Begins National Milk Testing Strategy to Address H5N1 in Dairy Herds
On Dec. 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced…
H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed in 11 California Dairies​
On Dec. 5, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported that following an investigation with the…
California Secured Broad Voluntary Recall of Raw Milk and Cream to Protect Consumers ​
On Dec. 3, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced it had secured a broad, voluntary…
California Department of Public Health Warned Against Drinking Second Lot of Raw Milk Following Bird Flu Detection ​
On Nov. 27, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a second warning to Californians to…
California Department of Public Health Warned Against Drinking Single Lot of Raw Milk Following Bird Flu Detection
On Nov. 24, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a warning the public to avoid…
Infectious H5N1 Influenza Virus in Raw Milk Rapidly Declines with Heat Treatment
On Jun. 14, 2024, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, Reported that the amount of…
Raw milk containing H5N1 can infect mice, while lab-based heat treatments greatly reduce the virus
On May 24, 2024, a team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists reported that consuming raw cow’s milk…
USDA confirmed detection of avian influenza in dairy cattle in Colorado
On Apr. 26, 2024, the Colorado Dept. of Agriculture reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National…
FDA reported commercial milk supply is safe with investigation of outbreak of HPAI virus ongoing
On Apr. 23, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that nearly all (99%) of the commercial…
University of Illinois and Universidade de Sao Paulo develop first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk
On Mar. 13, 2024, an unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the…
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of E. Coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheese
On Feb. 16, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that ten people infected with…
Emerging tick bite-associated meat allergy potentially affected thousands
On Jul. 27, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that between 2010 and 2022,…
Earliest known evidence of cheese making found in Croatia, Poland and Switzerland
Earliest known evidence of cheese making was found in Croatia dated to 7200 BCE. Residues from sherds of…
NIH began sudy of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and postpartum
On Jun. 23, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced that an observational study had begun to evaluate…
JAMA reported on evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk from infected women
On Aug. 19, 2020, JAMA reported that to date, SARS-CoV-2 has not been isolated from breast milk, and…
FDA approved first genetically engineered animal for production of a recombinant form of human antithrombin
On Feb. 6, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first genetically engineered animal for…
The U.S. FDA opened its first foreign office in Beijing
On Nov. 19, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened its first foreign office in Beijing to…
Passage of Food Allergy Labeling Act required labeling of foods that may cause allergic reaction
On Dec. 12, 2005, the U.S. Congress approved the passage of the Food Allergy Labeling and Consumer Protection…
Bovine somatotropin (BST) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
On Nov. 5, 1993, Bovine somatotropin (BST) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with the…
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network was established
In 1991, FAAN (The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network) was established by Anne Munoz-Furlong, at a time when…
egg and poultry production in Britain Brought to standstill with salmonella infection
In 1989, Deputy Health Minister Edwina Currie announced that most of the egg production in Britain was infected…
FDA began administering Sanitation Programs for milk, shellfish, food service, and interstate travel facilities
In 1969, the FDA began administering Sanitation Programs for milk, shellfish, food service, and interstate travel facilities, and…
Cheplin Laboratories was renamed Bristol Laboratories and Frederic N Schwartz was put in charge
In 1945, Cheplin Laboratories was renamed Bristol Laboratories and Frederic N. Schwartz was put in charge. Bristol-Myers bought…
Bristol-Myers bought Cheplin Laboratories broke ground for a new penicillin plant
In 1943, Bristol-Myers bought Cheplin Laboratoriesï¾—a Syracuse, New York, manufacturer of acidophilus milkï¾—and broke ground for a new…
McNary-Mapes Amendment to the Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed
On May 7, 1930, the McNary-Mapes Amendment to the Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed. The so-called…
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation completed its first licensing agreement
On Feb. 19, 1927, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) completed its first licensing agreement with the Quaker…
The first municipal milk pasteurization program in the U.S. was initiated by Charleston Public Health Officer Leon Banov
In 1919, one of the first municipal milk pasteurization programs in the U.S. was initiated by Charleston Health…
Alice C Evans described the organism that caused undulant fever
In 1918, Alice C. Evans described the organism that caused undulant fever. Her work hastened the pasteurization of…
Saline infusions replaced milk as a ‘blood substitute’
In 1884, saline infusions replaced milk as a ‘blood substitute’ due to adverse reactions to milk. A breakthrough…