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With So Much Bird Flu Around, Are Eggs, Chicken, and Milk Still Safe to Consume?
A food microbiologist explains why you shouldn’t worry about consuming poultry or dairy—so long as you take the right precautions.
So bird flu can potentially contaminate animal-derived food products during processing and manufacturing. The test used to detect the virus in milk—which uses PCR technology similar to lab-based Covid tests—is also highly sensitive. A recent study showed that mice fed raw milk contaminated with bird flu developed signs of illness.
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