{"id":2377347,"date":"2024-12-06T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usda-demands-national-milk-supply-get-tested-for-bird-flu-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T18:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T23:38:36","slug":"usda-demands-national-milk-supply-get-tested-for-bird-flu-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usda-demands-national-milk-supply-get-tested-for-bird-flu-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA demands national milk supply get tested for bird flu &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusda-demands-national-milk-supply-get-tested-for-bird-flu-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2377347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dana-bash-democrats-want-to-appeal-to-men-who-might-not-be-the-sort-of-testosterone-laden-gun-toting-kind-of-guy\/\" title=\"Dana Bash: Democrats Want To Appeal To Men \u2018Who Might Not Be The Sort Of Testosterone-Laden, Gun-Toting Kind Of Guy\u2019\">provided text features<\/a> an interactive button \u2064labeled &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; that, \u200bwhen clicked, presumably reveals additional content. 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We will continue this work with USDA for as long and as far as necessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Beginning Dec. 16, six states California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, and Pennsylvania will begin testing the supply.<\/p>\n<p>Regulators are seeking to quickly identify the dairy herds infected with bird flu. As of Friday night, 718 dairy herds had been impacted in 15 states.<\/p>\n<p>There are 58 confirmed human cases of blue flu in the United States, and the first case, which stemmed from dairy cows, was recorded in April this year. While it is unknown if bird flu can be transmitted between humans, scientists are concerned that the virus could evolve and lead to another pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pasteurization will kill the H5N1 virus. However, drinking raw milk has grown in popularity, thus sparking concern and calls for testing.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, California health officials made a broad recall of farm&rsquo;s raw milk following the detection of bird flu in multiple batches of raw milk from a local dairy farm. 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