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Here’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently spread among cattle in U.S. states and marine mammals across the world, which has health officials closely monitoring it and experts concerned the virus could mutate and eventually spread to humans, where it has proven rare but deadly.it tested 30 grocery store ground beef products for bird flu and they all came back negative, reaffirming the meat supply is safe.
The possibility of infected meat entering the food supply is “extremely low” due to rigorous inspection, so properly handled and cooked meat is safe to eat,to the USDA. To know when meat is properly cooked, whole beef cuts must be cooked to an internal temperature ofFahrenheit, ground meat must be 160 degrees and poultry must be cooked to 165 degrees. Rare and medium rare steaksthis temperature.
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