USDA orders testing of milk for bird flu

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

Dec. 6, 2024, 1:01 PM EST


The national milk supply must be tested for bird flu under a new federal order announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Entities handling raw milk, such as bulk milk transporters or dairy processors, must collect and share samples with the USDA upon request.

The goal is to quickly identify which dairy herds are affected by H5N1 — the strain of bird flu that's causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows — and prevent transmission among livestock. As of Thursday, 718 dairy herds have been affected.

“Among many outcomes, this will give farmers and farmworkers better confidence in the safety of their animals and ability to protect themselves, and it will put us on a path to quickly controlling and stopping the virus’ spread nationwide,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday in a press release.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/usda-orders-testing-milk-bird-flu-rcna183212

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Link to USDA PRESS RELEASE - USDA Announces New Federal Order, Begins National Milk Testing Strategy to Address H5N1 in Dairy Herds

[Drum]

1. Gift link to an article on this, from yesterday's NYTimes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/science/bird-flu-milk-dairy-h5n1.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU4.vLrP.ubsUa8H_gC9t&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[Oneear]

2. Drink Pasteurized Milk

And Agriculture sign up a Falconer to fly over to chase away Birds wanting to eat the Feed and Water for Dairy

[Vegan4life]

3. Lots of excellent, fortified plant alternatives

Soy milk, oat milk, almond milk, cashew milk.
You can even make your own.
Cruelty-free and delicious.

[groundloop]

4. This is the same USDA that Project 2025 seeks to drastically cut

[Ray Bruns]

5. Bird flu and E. Coli for everyone!

[Nigrum Cattus]

6. Testing for now -

We all know that will come to an end as of late Jan

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. RFK Jr. asked Fresno County raw milk producer Mark McAfee to apply as FDA advisor - his milk had bird flu virus

McAfee owns RAW FARM in Fresno County and says Kennedy has been a long-time customer, who now wants him to help create standards for getting raw milk safely on store shelves across the country.

"And then they called me back and confirmed that I actually had that application was submitted and told me thank you very much," McAffee said. "It's just a waiting game now to see if RFK is confirmed and whether the team for "make america healthy again" is confirmed and going forward."

Recently, state and federal health experts detected the bird flu virus in milk samples from McAfee's farm.

And this week, the California Department of Public Health secured a voluntary recall for all Raw Milk and Cream products from his company.

https://abc7chicago.com/post/rfk-jr-asked-raw-farm-owner-mark-mcafee-center-milk-recall-apply-fda-advisor-donald-trump-administration/15625517/

[Javaman]

8. lets hope that worm brain gets bird flu. fuck the idiot. nt

[ck4829]

9. Kick

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. I had a friend that contacted brucellosis

from drinking raw milk. It had pretty serious consequences. Her heart was badly damaged