US to start nationwide testing for H5N1 flu virus in milk supply
US to start nationwide testing for H5N1 flu virus in milk supply
Feds can compel any company that handles pre-pasteurized milk to share samples.
On Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would begin a nationwide testing program for the presence of the H5N1 flu virus, also known as the bird flu. Testing will focus on pre-pasteurized milk at dairy processing facilities (pasteurization inactivates the virus), but the order that's launching the program will require anybody involved with milk production before then to provide samples to the USDA on request. That includes "any entity responsible for a dairy farm, bulk milk transporter, bulk milk transfer station, or dairy processing facility."
The ultimate goal is to identify individual herds where the virus is circulating and use the agency's existing powers to do contact tracing and restrict the movement of cattle, with the ultimate goal of eliminating the virus from US herds.
Some time in late January, that will probably stop.
So no more bird flu!!
Not if they rename it. I’m thinking maybe calling it “The Biden Pox.”
Skip the problem by drinking plant-based milk.
If you know a way to make plant-based Ensure as cheap as regular Ensure, I'll get right on that. We can barely afford my current diet.
But what about the raw milk? -RFK
They're gonna have to thanks to Jackass McKenedy, if no other reason.