Bits of bird flu virus have been discovered in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a national survey, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The finding suggests that bird flu has spread far more widely among dairy cows than officials first thought.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday issued a federal order that any dairy cows being transported from one farm to another across state lines should be tested for bird flu.
Therefore, the FDA said the findings “do not necessarily represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers.” Initial results show that traces of the bird flu virus have been found in 1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk,
The FDA believes that the commercial milk supply remains safe. The agency's testing revealed small genetic traces of bird flu and not live virus that causes infections. Deposit Ph
Fragments of the bird flu virus have been found in about one fifth of commercial milk samples tested in a US nationally representative study, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Tests also show the virus is spreading between cows, including those that don't show symptoms, and between cows and birds, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Starting Monday, hundreds of thousands of lactating dairy cows in the U.
The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that about 1 out of 5 milk samples it has tested from grocery stores has tested positive for gene fragments from the H5N1 bird flu virus infecting dairy cows,
The public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu pathogen is minimal, the World Health Organization said Friday, adding that countries should remain vigilant and work to reduce exposure. The FDA said late Thursday that additional testing was required to determine whether a live virus was still intact in the milk samples but added that there was currently no evidence that the milk posed a danger.
The bird flu has been found in samples of store-bought milk, the Food and Drug Administration officials reported after lab testing on Wednesday. These tests have found genetic material from strains of avian flu in samples of milk.
FDA Testing Reveals , Bird Flu Virus , in 1 in 5 Milk Samples. 'Time' reports that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that traces of bird flu
If you're not yet caught up, the FDA updated consumers on the bird flu—or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)—on April 25, revealing that one in five of retail samples, which means approximately 20% of of milk samples available at places like grocery stores,
The Food and Drug Administration has found that about 1 in 5 samples of retail milk contain traces of highly contagious bird flu, though these findings may not be indicative of an infectious risk to consumers.
The discovery of fragments of avian flu virus in about 20% of milk samples from stores in initial testing across the U.S. suggests that the H5N1 virus may be more widespread in U.S. dairy cattle than previously realized.
One in five retail samples of commercial milk has traces of bird flu, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said this week. The avian flu was first detected in Texas herds in March — and it has since been found in more than three dozen herds in eight states,
Bird flu virus has been detected in raw milk, federal agencies reported this week, but added that the nation's commercial milk supply remains safe. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.
Traces of bird flu have been detected in dairy cows in eight states. 'Women's Health' asked infectious disease experts if it's safe to drink milk right now.
One in five commercial milk samples tested in a nationwide survey contained particles of the H5N1 virus, the Food and Drug Administration said late on Thursday, suggesting the outbreak of bird flu is more widespread than previously thought.
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that traces of the bird flu virus have been found in 1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk, providing a more detailed picture of how much of the milk supply has been affected.
Federal regulators have discovered fragments of bird flu virus in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a nationally representative study, the Food and Drug Administration said in an online update on Thursday.
The order from USDA comes as particles of bird flu were detected in a few pasteurized milk samples, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday. The spread of the bird flu among cattle has prompted the FDA to increase testing.
But the FDA and the US Department of Agriculture claim that the commercial milk supply is safe because of the pasteurization process — heating milk to kill potentially harmful bacteria and viruses — and the diversion or destruction of milk from sick cows.
Inactive fragments of the bird flu virus that has sickened dairy herds in eight states have been detected in pasteurized milk, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
Dairy cows moved across state lines must now be tested for bird flu to help quash an outbreak that has spread to at least 33 herds in eight states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. One Texas dairy worker contracted a mild case and the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it found inactive H1N1 viral fragments in pasteurized grocery store milk,
After fragments of the virus that causes bird flu were found in samples of commercially available pasteurized milk, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) maintains pasteurized milk sold in grocery stores is safe to drink.