Federal government 'believes' virus found in grocery store milk is safe for consumption
Los Angeles Times -

After identifying remnants of bird flu virus in grocery store milk, federal officials announced Wednesday that they "believe" the nation's milk supply is safe and that the virus is inactivated by pasteurization. "Heating milk to a specific temperature for a set period of time through pasteurization is done to limit the activity of pathogens to a level that does not pose a risk to consumer health," said Don Prater, acting director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety...

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