The Philippines will not ban the importation of cattle products such as beef and milk from the United States as regulators maintain that these products are safe to consume amid bird flu cases in the US dairy herd.
Agriculture Assistant Secretary Constante Palabrica said the transmission of avian influenza from infected birds to dairy cattle in the US should not be a cause of concern for consumersMANILA, Philippines —
Palabrica emphasized that milk products undergo pasteurization that kills the bird flu virus, rendering it ineffective of infecting humans. “At this point in time we are not going to ban it,” Palabrica added, referring to cattle products from the US.Since then, about nine US states have confirmed bird flu cases in 36 dairy herds, based on monitoring by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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