Bird flu: WHO warns of risk for fresh milk consumption following outbreaks in cows in the United States

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Other: Roberto Irineu Marinho

Bird flu: WHO warns of risk for fresh milk consumption following outbreaks in cows in the United States

Until more studies are done on this, the organization recommends only pasteurized milk. Last week, the FDA, the food and medicine regulator in the United States, said it found fragments of H5N1 avian influenza virus in tested milk samples in the country. Earlier this year, the federal authorities had already reported on the circulation of the virus in sheep flocks in the country. It's still not clear whether the avian influenza virus can be tran…