Colorado, however, had ordered licensed dairies in July to begin submitting weekly samples of their milk to the state for testing.
FILE – In this image provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a researcher performs a rapid antigen test on milk from a dairy cow inoculated against bird flu in a containment building at the National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Monday, July 29, 2024.
“USDA is supporting Colorado’s already existing program with additional weekly bulk milk tank testing,” said Olga Robak, a spokesperson for the state Department of Agriculture. “This will give farms 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 in a statement.
“It’s another step in the right direction,” Poulsen said. “They’re coming around that we need a better handle on it.”
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