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Is vertebrate flu nan adjacent pandemic? Doctor explains what to know.
The authorities is now testing samples of crushed beef sold successful unit stores successful nan 9 states wherever outbreaks of highly virulent vertebrate flu person occurred successful dairy cows, while offering assurances that U.S. nutrient is safe, nan USDA said connected Monday.
The effort comes aft samples of pasteurized milk from astir nan state tested affirmative for inactive remnants of nan microorganism known arsenic H5N1, pinch those samples taken aft nan the microorganism was confirmed successful dairy herds successful 9 states: Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas.
The agency besides plans to sample infected beef muscles from culled dairy cows to study whether cooking crushed beef reduces nan H5N1 virus.
The agency reiterated recommendations that consumers decently grip earthy meats and navigator them to a safe soul somesthesia to termination germs and viruses.
The USDA connected Monday started mandating that lactating dairy cows trial antagonistic for vertebrate flu earlier being transported crossed authorities lines.
Widespread successful chaotic birds, H5N1 has besides infected poultry and dairy farms, on pinch barn cats. Cows infected pinch nan virus, which is usually deadly for poultry, typically retrieve wrong 10 days.
A U.S. dairy worker precocious became nan 2nd known quality lawsuit of vertebrate flu successful this country, according to nan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is moving pinch different national and authorities agencies to way nan spread.
The outbreaks had 1 nation, Colombia, moving to restrict imports of U.S. beef, drafting occurrence from nan U.S. Meat Export Federation. "Colombia's effort to suspend beef imports from circumstantial U.S. states is unworkable and misguides," nan waste and acquisition group said.
Kate Gibson
Kate Gibson is simply a newsman for CBS MoneyWatch successful New York.
