U.s. Mandates Bird Flu Testing For Milk Supply Amid Outbreak - Beritaja

The U.S. issued a national bid connected Friday mandating that nan national milk supply beryllium tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters, arsenic authorities activity to grapple pinch nan accelerated dispersed of nan microorganism among dairy herds.

Bird flu has infected much than 500 dairy herds successful top milk state California, and much than 700 nationwide since March, according to nan U.S. Department of Agriculture, raising concerns of nan effect to farmers and the milk supply arsenic good arsenic nan consequence to quality wellness from ongoing spread.

Nearly 60 group person contracted nan microorganism since April, about of them workers connected infected poultry and dairy farms, according to nan U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The symptoms person been mild and CDC officials person said nan consequence to nan wide nationalist from vertebrate flu is low.

The USDA first announced it would statesman national milk testing successful October aft a push from manufacture and veterinary groups for stronger surveillance of nan virus, but had not elaborate nan grade of nan programme aliases really it would beryllium implemented.

The testing plan, which will impact monthly aliases play sample postulation from bulk milk tanks and dairy processors, will beryllium rolled retired first successful California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Oregon, Vilsack said.

The second 3 states person not reported vertebrate flu infections successful dairy cattle.

“It gives america nan opportunity to get perchance a heads up about perchance caller microorganism successful areas of a authorities that presently has nan virus, aliases caller states,” Vilsack said of nan testing.

The agency will statesman nan testing connected Dec. 16, Vilsack said.

The gait of testing will dangle connected whether microorganism is detected successful first sampling, said Rosemary Sifford, USDA’s main veterinarian.

The bid requires farms and processors to make raw milk available for sampling, and workplace owners whose animals trial affirmative for nan microorganism to show nan agency about animal movements and different information.

The USDA presently only requires testing of lactating dairy cattle moving crossed authorities lines, a request laid retired successful its only different national vertebrate flu bid issued successful April.

Both national orders will stay successful effect indefinitely, Vilsack said, adding that nan testing scheme was developed pinch manufacture groups, authorities officials and veterinarians.

California this week issued a recall of milk and pick products made by raw milk company Raw Farm aft vertebrate flu was detected successful its unit products and bulk milk.

The Food and Drug Administration advises against consuming raw milk because it tin incorporate pathogens, including vertebrate flu, but says pasteurized dairy products are safe because nan pasteurization process kills those pathogens.

The authorities has about 1,100 dairies, according to nan California Milk Advisory Board, meaning about half person been infected pinch vertebrate flu.

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