Food safety regulators expand bird flu testing in milk products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun testing more dairy products for evidence of the bird flu virus as outbreaks spread among dairy herds across the country. The focus of additional testing, which will sample 155 products, is to ensure that pasteurization inactivates the virus, explained Don Prater, acting director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. The agency continues to strongly advise against consumption of raw milk products, Prater said. No infected dairy cow herds are known to be contributing to the raw milk supply, said Eric Deeble, USDA's acting senior adviser for its bird flu response.
Read more here
Read more here
