The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Wednesday that all the ground beef samples sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) for PCR testing were negative for the H5N1 bird flu virus. USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) collected 30...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that all the ground beef samples sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories for PCR testing were negative for the H5N1 bird flu virus.
"NVSL reported that all samples tested negative for H5N1. These results reaffirm that the meat supply is safe," the USDA added. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said preliminary results of tests on additional dairy products show pasteurization inactivates the bird flu virus.
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