• anon987@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    According to the FDA it’s most likely safe but can’t be confirmed until actual tests are done.

    Do they not teach proper research where you live?

    “Because H5N1 has only recently been found in cattle, no studies have directly tested milk pasteurization’s ability to kill the virus, the FDA said in a statement.”

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      6 months ago

      While H5N1 is new and there are no specific tests, pastereuzed milk being tested for all kinds of pathogens has quite a history. There is no reason to assume that H5N1 behaves fundamentally different from any other virus shred by the methods employed.