Avoid raw milk to cut risk of bird flu, officials urge

People drinking raw unpasteurized milk are at risk for potentially contracting bird flu, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned May 1. “We continue to strongly advise against the consumption of raw milk,” Dr. Donald Prater, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said during a media briefing, the ‘New York Times’ reported. Nearly all dairy milk sold in stores is pasteurized, and the FDA says this process appears to kill off the bird flu virus known as H5N1. “The FDA and USDA have indicated Read More