The mandate targeting bulk milk transporters and dairy processors is meant to help identify herds that have caught the virus, ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 was first detected in dairy cattle in March. A recent federal order by the U.S.
Raw samples nationwide will now be collected and shared with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test for bird flu, ...
The move is aimed at creating comprehensive surveillance for the virus, which has been circulating in U.S. dairy cattle since ...
Public health experts have pressed for expanded testing of nation’s milk supply following the detection of the H5N1 virus in ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a national mandate requiring raw and unpasteurized milk be tested for bird flu.
The nation’s milk supply must be tested for the bird flu virus H5N1 under a new order announced Friday by the U.S. Department ...
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said the move will "put us on a path to quickly controlling and stopping the virus’ ...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made an official order to start testing all samples of raw milk as ...
The USDA first announced it would begin national milk testing in October after a push from industry and veterinary groups for stronger surveillance of the virus, but had not detailed the extent of the ...
The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation's milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the ...
Faced with rising cases of bird flu virus being detected in raw milk in California, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...