FDA Admits It Doesn’t Know If Retail Milk Contains Live Bird Flu

Agency says milk supply is safe, but acknowledges a lack of testing.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in White Oak, Md., on June 5, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not sure whether any intact highly pathogenic avian influenza is present in milk sold in grocery stores, an FDA official told a conference on April 25.

“Does any live virus survive the pasteurization process? ... This is the key question for us,” Donald Prater, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.