Study Provides Reassurance That Pasteurization Kills Bird Flu Virus In Cow’s Milk, Officials Say

The AP (6/28, Stobbe) reported, “A new study that recreated commercial pasteurization in a government lab provides reassurance that heat treatment kills bird flu virus in cow’s milk, U.S. officials said Friday.” This “study was done at a federal research center in Athens, Georgia, using custom equipment that tried to more completely recreate commercial pasteurization,” and “allowed sampling at different stages in the process.”