An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu is ravaging the U.S. food supply, infecting birds in all 50 states and spreading to mammals including humans. Disturbing new reports show that it’s in Americans’ food now, too. Experts say “there is always a chance the virus may evolve to more easily transmit among humans.” Scary stuff. The bird flu outbreak has cost […]
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...
A USDA analysis shows the spread in cattle started from a single spillover event from birds in the Texas panhandle that may have happened in early December.
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Dr Rick Bright, a former HHS director, says he will no longer drink milk from cows. He is concerned about bird flu being detected in samples from grocery stores. READ MORE: H5N1 strain of bird flu is found in MILK for first time
The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings do not represent a risk to consumers.
the US Department of Agriculture is collaborating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the parent organization of the Wuhan Institute of Virology
Analysis shows that fragments of H5N1 survive pasteurisation, but experts say supplies remains safe
Particles of bird flu were detected in some samples of pasteurized milk, though the virus in that form is not a threat to humans, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday. As a bird flu epidemic spreads through avian and cattle livestock across the country, the FDA increased testing of domestic milk supplies. Some
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will test ground beef for bird flu particles, though officials said Tuesday they’re confident the nation’s meat supply is safe.
The dolphin is the first cetacean ever recorded with the highly pathogenic
It’s still unclear whether the detected virus was active. The FDA plans to release additional test results in the coming days.