{"id":3605,"date":"2024-04-05T15:36:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2024-04-05T16:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:29:44","slug":"is-milk-safe-to-drink-what-to-know-about-bird-flu-and-food-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=3605","title":{"rendered":"Is Milk Safe to Drink? What to Know About Bird Flu and Food Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here\u2019s what we know \u2014 and don\u2019t know \u2014 about the risk the virus poses in food.<\/p>\n

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A strain of avian influenza that has killed millions of birds in recent years has now been detected in cows<\/a> in several states, prompting concerns about the safety of the U.S. dairy supply.<\/p>\n

Federal health and agriculture officials released a statement<\/a> last week stressing that there \u201ccontinues to be no concern\u201d about the safety of the commercial milk supply, while underscoring that the agencies are continuing to monitor the situation as it evolves.<\/p>\n

Scientists know that bird flu can spread to humans when they come into contact with infected animals, including dead ones, without wearing protective gear, which seems to have been the case with a person recently infected in Texas<\/a>. So far, there isn\u2019t any evidence to suggest that humans can contract bird flu by consuming food that has been pasteurized or cooked, said Benjamin Chapman, a professor and food safety specialist at North Carolina State University.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not to say it couldn\u2019t happen,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just that we have a pretty robust history of it not happening. And that\u2019s good news.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, there are a few key points that researchers are still working to understand, Dr. Chapman and other experts said, like just how widespread the current outbreak is in cows<\/a>, or exactly how the virus spread to cattle. Public safety agencies have said that it\u2019s not clear what risks surround unpasteurized products.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the column of known versus unknown, there\u2019s a lot more in the unknown part,\u201d said Dr. Gail Hansen, a veterinary public health expert and independent public health consultant.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s what we know \u2014 and don\u2019t know \u2014 about the risk the virus poses in food.A strain of avian influenza that has killed millions of birds in recent years has now been detected in cows in several states, prompting concerns about the safety of the U.S. dairy supply.Federal health and agriculture officials released a statement last week stressing that there \u201ccontinues to be no concern\u201d about the safety of the commercial milk supply, while underscoring that the agencies are continuing to monitor the situation as it evolves.Scientists know that bird flu can spread to humans when they come into contact with infected animals, including dead ones, without wearing protective gear, which seems to have been the case with a person recently infected in Texas. So far, there isn\u2019t any evidence to suggest that humans can contract bird flu by consuming food that has been pasteurized or cooked, said Benjamin Chapman, a professor and food safety specialist at North Carolina State University.\u201cThat\u2019s not to say it couldn\u2019t happen,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just that we have a pretty robust history of it not happening. And that\u2019s good news.\u201dHowever, there are a few key points that researchers are still working to understand, Dr. Chapman and other experts said, like just how widespread the current outbreak is in cows, or exactly how the virus spread to cattle. Public safety agencies have said that it\u2019s not clear what risks surround unpasteurized products.\u201cIn the column of known versus unknown, there\u2019s a lot more in the unknown part,\u201d said Dr. Gail Hansen, a veterinary public health expert and independent public health consultant.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3607,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3608,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions\/3608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}