I just listened to the Post Reports episode on this and learned some interesting things.
Flu fragments have been found in 1 of 5 samples of store-bought milk.
The good news about that is that when they culture those samples, no flu grows. People have been saying that pasteurization would make it safe, and that seems to be confirmed.
Bad news is that dairies are supposed to test against things like this, and no milk is supposed to be sent for processing if flu is found. Clearly that isn't happening the way it should.
Apparently the federal government can't go in and test cows. They are private companies. So it's mostly voluntary. Normally, the only time the feds can test is if cows are crossing state lines.
Flu fragments have been found in 1 of 5 samples of store-bought milk.
The good news about that is that when they culture those samples, no flu grows. People have been saying that pasteurization would make it safe, and that seems to be confirmed.
Bad news is that dairies are supposed to test against things like this, and no milk is supposed to be sent for processing if flu is found. Clearly that isn't happening the way it should.
Apparently the federal government can't go in and test cows. They are private companies. So it's mostly voluntary. Normally, the only time the feds can test is if cows are crossing state lines.
