Even after officials found multiple batches of raw milk products contaminated by the bird flu virus from Fresno-based Raw Farm, CEO Mark McAfee remains defiant about the safety of unpasteurized

The chief executive of California’s largest raw milk producer, which recently recalled its milk and cream after avian flu virus was detected in some of its products, could soon become an influential voice in the incoming Trump administration.

A California farm expanded a recall of raw milk sold in stores and halted production after state health and agriculture officials found bird flu virus in more milk samples.