FDA Says It Tested Milk From 17 States for Bird Flu

U.S. regulators announced on May 20 that they had tested milk and other dairy products from retail stores in 17 states for the highly pathogenic avian influenza. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collected 297 samples of milk and other products such as sour cream from grocery stores in 17 states, the agency said in an update. None of the states were identified. The samples represented products produced at 132 different locations across 38 states, including Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, and Texas. “The location of where milk was processed does not indicate where the milk was produced. This is because milk could be produced from cows on a farm or farms a few states away, processed (pasteurized) in a different state, and then be available for purchase in yet another state,” the FDA said in a statement....