Bird flu virus found in grocery milk as officials say supply still safe

The Washington Post— The finding does not suggest a threat to human health but indicates the avian flu virus is more widespread among dairy herds than previously thought.

Global News—Bird flu virus detected in U.S. grocery store milk. FDA says supply still safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows.

STAT—H5N1 bird flu virus particles found in pasteurized milk but FDA says commercial milk supply appears safe. Testing conducted by the FDA on pasteurized commercially purchased milk has found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency confirmed Tuesday.

NBC News—Bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, though officials maintain supply is safe. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that fragments of the bird flu virus had been detected in some samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S. While the agency maintains that the milk is safe to drink, it notes that it is still waiting on the results of studies to confirm this. The findings come less than a month after an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu was found, for the first time, in herds of dairy cows in several states. It has since been detected in herds in eight states. The...