We’re here to answer all of your questions about the current bird flu outbreak, including if eggs, chicken or dairy products are safe to eat.
In early April, a dairy worker in Texas tested positive for avian influenza, also known as bird flu, amid a multi-state outbreak of the virus among cows. The bird flu virus has also been detected in raw milk, but authorities say the current risk to the public is low. It’s the first time this strain of bird flu — referred to as highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) — has been detected in cattle and the first documented cow-to-human transmission of an avian influenza virus, according to the...
The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings do not represent a risk to consumers.
A poultry facility in Michigan and egg producer in Texas both reported outbreaks of avian flu this week. The latest developments on the virus also include infected dairy cows and the first known instance of a human catching bird flu from a mammal. Although health officials say the risk to the public remains low, there []
The virus, commonly referred to as bird flu, is extremely contagious and lethal among birds, has been detected in dairy herds in recent days.
The U.S. government said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef at retail stores in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing but remains confident the meat supply is safe. Federal officials are seeking to verify the safety of milk and meat after confirming the H5N1 virus in 34 dairy cattle herds in nine states since late March, and in one person in Texas. Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have said the...
CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef at retail stores in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing, but remains confident the meat supply is safe. Federal officials are seeking to verify the safety of milk and meat after confirming the H5N1 virus in 34 dairy cattle herds in nine states since late March, and in one person in Texas. Both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization...
Officials say they're confident that the nation's meat supply is safe, but are launching the studies after inactive viral particles were found in pasteurized milk.
Traces of bird flu have been detected in pasteurized milk — leaving many people wondering if it’s safe to drink. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a notice on Thursday stating that one in five retail samples of commercial milk tested positive for fragments of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), more commonly known as bird flu or avian flu. The share of milk with viral remnants was higher in areas where herds of cattle had been infected. BIRD FLU PANDEMIC IN FUTURE? EU...
Officials are racing to conduct more testing to better understand the spread of the virus and its potential risk to humans.
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...
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.