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- Milk Supply to Undergo Expanded Testing for Bird Flu in US Starting December 16
Milk Supply to Undergo Expanded Testing for Bird Flu in US Starting December 16
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The current outbreak of bird flu in the US has led to significant concerns about the spread of the virus in dairy cattle, with over 500 dairy herds infected in California alone. This has resulted in a total of nearly 60 human cases since April, although CDC officials have stated that the risk to the general public is low. In response, the USDA has ordered dairy operators handling raw milk for pasteurization to provide samples for avian influenza testing upon request. This will involve initial testing in six states: California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. The agriculture department claims that this will enable them to monitor the virus in dairy cattle more effectively.
Even if the virus is detected in raw milk, the current pasteurization process … will inactivate the virus.
Among many outcomes, this will give farmers and farmworkers better confidence in the safety of their animals and ability to protect themselves, and it will put us on a path to quickly controlling and stopping the virus' spread nationwide.
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- 1.US Food and Drug Administration
- 2.National Milk Producers Federation
- 3.US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 4.US Department of Agriculture
- 5.Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
- 6.World Organization for Animal Health