USDA ordering mandatory cattle testing over Bird Flu fears, starting Monday

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USDA ordering mandatory cattle testing over Bird Flu fears, starting Monday

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ordering mandatory testing for dairy herds as the H5N1 Bird Flu virus has been detected in 8 states in the U.S. According to the USDA, the testing applies to interstate movement of dairy cattle and mandatory reporting of positive results and begins Monday, April 29th. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration said it had found 1 in 5 samples of retail milk contained traces of the…