Milk News Bird Flu 2024. Researchers believe the virus has spread between cows and to farmworkers through. The food and drug administration announced tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk taken from grocery store shelves had tested positive for bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) or h5n1.
Issued a federal order on friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, agriculture secretary tom vilsack told reuters, as authorities seek to. Tests have shown that mice fed raw milk contaminated with bird flu became very sick and barn cats on farms that drank milk from infected cows suffered brain damage and.