The national milk supply must be tested for bird flu under a 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 in 15 states.
“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.
The initial round of testing under the order, which was first reported by Reuters, is set to begin on Dec. 16. The rollout will start with six states: California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
2 comments:
If there wasn’t bird flu in the samples before, there will be soon. How else are they going to keep people from eating healthy. No profit in healthy people.
They target cow farts and forget about the rest of the trillions of creatures farting. Pretty evident that there is agenda to keep people from consuming healthy food. Poison the cows with cancerous? Drugs. Pharma pays for commercials to control the media whom in turn spouts propaganda at the behest of those behind the agenda. Lazy Susan of satanic revolving evil.
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