As avian flu spreads, the Biden administration is rushing to convince Americans that the "milk supply is safe."
As avian flu spreads, the Biden administration is rushing to convince Americans that the "milk supply is safe." To learn more about how the virus is spreading and whether it poses a threat to people, officials are working quickly to carry out additional testing. Health Using a range of techniques, such as lab testing and sampling milk and other dairy products at different stages of production and on store shelves, the federal government is hurrying to finish testing. Gerald Herbert/Associated Press. Exist any more warnings regarding safety? Indeed. Though they have been cautious in their assessment, the administration has acknowledged that the virus found in dairy cows "is a novel and evolving situation" and that "no studies on the effects of pasteurization on HPAI viruses (such as H5N1) in bovine milk have previou...