Early Tests Find Pasteurization Killed Bird Flu in Milk: FDA

Regulators are conducting more testing.

Containers of milk in El Paso, Texas, on March 17, 2021. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

Results from early testing show that pasteurization killed highly pathogenic avian influenza in milk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says.

Results from “an initial limited set of geographically targeted samples” show that “pasteurization is effective in inactivating” the influenza, commonly known as the bird flu, the FDA said in an April 26 update.