This year, Thanksgiving turkeys might need a prayer, not a pardon, as bird flu cases rise. But you don’t need to fret about Thanksgiving dinner. As long as you cook your turkey to 165°F, you will be safe.
The recent jump in cases might hike the price of your Thanksgiving , but it won’t make dinner unsafe. Cooking poultry to 165°F kills the virus. Plus, infected poultry is unlikely to appear in the food supply in the first place.
, is a naturally occurring disease among wild birds, including ducks and geese, that can also infect domesticated birds, such as chickens and turkeys.Bird flu raised wholesale turkey prices, retail price impact is unclear The outbreak is pushing wholesale turkey prices higher. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest Weekly National Turkey Report from Nov. 14 lists the cost of a whole frozen turkey as’s annual Thanksgiving dinner survey found the average retail price for a 16-lb turkey was down 16% percent from last year, at an average of $1.34 per pound. This price drop, despite rising wholesale costs, might be from grocery stores offering Thanksgiving deals to draw consumers in. Retailers often treat turkeys as a, on the other hand, estimates the price will be higher than last year at $2.05 per pound, a 25% increase.You should follow safe cooking guidelines no matter what, but there are other safeguards in place to prevent bird flu from entering the food supply. A USDA spokesperson told PolitiFact that inspectors are present at all federally regulated processing and slaughtering facilities."Our inspectors verify that facilities maintain sanitary conditions, handle animals humanely, and that their food safety systems are working to prevent contamination with harmful bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella." The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service also samples and tests products to make sure they meet safety standards.But you can be infected only by an animal. There have been no cases of human-to-human transmission., which involves briefly heating milk to below boiling, kills bird flu and other viruses. Most grocery store milk and dairy products are pasteurized.. Plus, a safety study the agency conducted found that even after injecting beef patties with high levels of the virus, cooking them to 145°F killed the virus.The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”Photos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.” Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between Biden and me.”
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