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Infectious disease experts have called for expanded testing since the beginning of the outbreak, arguing that the virus can’t be contained until farms, veterinarians and federal regulators know where ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended its quality control program for testing fluid milk and other dairy products, citing reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division ...

Parents do not need to be alarmed; the FDA is still making sure the milk you drink is safe By now, you have likely heard that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended its testing ...

THE RESULTS OF THOSE TESTS CAN BE ANNOUNCED. WELL, THE OWNER OF A CALIFORNIA DAIRY FARM SAYS THAT HE’S COOPERATING WITH THE STATE SINCE HIS RAW MILK OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED. THE CALIFORNIA ...

Nearly a year after a wild bird infected with H5N1 avian flu presumably passed its viral baggage to a dairy cow in the Texas panhandle — which has subsequently led to the infection of more than 700 ...

Raw milk is getting fresh scrutiny, as bird flu continues to infect dairy herds. A highly pathogenic strain of flu, deadly to birds, has spread to at least 58 herds of dairy cattle in nine states, and ...

The FDA just stopped testing your milk for quality and safety. Here’s why that matters more than you might think. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended its quality control program ...