{"id":158129,"date":"2024-07-05T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/?p=158129"},"modified":"2024-08-30T00:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:44:36","slug":"how-much-do-you-really-need-to-worry-about-bird-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2024\/07\/how-much-do-you-really-need-to-worry-about-bird-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Do You Really Need to Worry About Bird Flu?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This current strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, more commonly known as bird flu) is causing problems. It\u2019s been detected in nearly<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bird-flu\/situation-summary\/data-map-commercial.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 97 million birds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in commercial or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/05\/bird-flu-egg-sellers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backyard flocks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bird-flu\/situation-summary\/data-map-wild-birds.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9,500 wild birds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> confirmed infected. In birds, it can cause coughing and breathing trouble, swelling and, ultimately, death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And despite the name, bird flu doesn\u2019t only impact birds. Since 2022, there have been four cases <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2022\/04\/bird-flu-in-human-colorado\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported in humans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, more recently, more than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/livestock-poultry-disease\/avian\/avian-influenza\/hpai-detections\/livestock\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 herds of dairy cattle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US alone. The infection has also been found in both the milk and meat of these animals. This month, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiancattlemen.ca\/daily\/dairy-testing-for-bird-flu-expanded-in-canada\/?utm_source=GFM+Publications&amp;utm_campaign=4fc6c1ea7f-Canadian+Cattlemen+daily+enews+Jun+18%2C+2024&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_2da8244677-4fc6c1ea7f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&amp;mc_cid=4fc6c1ea7f&amp;mc_eid=78489fcc99\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Food Inspection Agency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> updated its testing eligibility for cattle and said it would now cover some of the testing fees, to ensure any outbreaks are dealt with swiftly. Luckily, in humans, the disease isn\u2019t known to be fatal, but it can lead to high temperatures, breathing trouble, diarrhea, conjunctivitis and potentially more serious complications such as pneumonia or respiratory illness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2024\/07\/opinion-bird-flu-is-a-problem-the-way-we-deal-with-it-is-cruel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-dominant-color=\"23a3aa\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #23a3aa;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158214 size-full has-transparency\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Read-more-Learn-More-Do-more-.png\" alt=\"Learn More: What are the problems with Bird Flu?\" width=\"1280\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Read-more-Learn-More-Do-more-.png 1280w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Read-more-Learn-More-Do-more--560x99.png 560w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Read-more-Learn-More-Do-more--1200x212.png 1200w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Read-more-Learn-More-Do-more--768x136.png 768w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Read-more-Learn-More-Do-more--1920x339.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what does this mean for your grocery order? Let\u2019s break it down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>First, poultry. Is it safe to eat?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Experts say it is highly unlikely that humans can contract the virus from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6963860\/bird-flu-eggs-chicken-food-safety\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">properly cooked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meat or eggs. This means cooking eggs until the yolk and whites are firm and chicken to at least 165\u00b0F. And to be safe, keep raw poultry away from any other foods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what\u2019s even more important is that infected meat or eggs are very unlikely to reach grocery store shelves in the first place. According to a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/news-events\/publications\/interagency-risk-assessment-public-health-impact-highly-pathogenic-avian\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> USDA predictive model<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, there is a less than five percent chance that infected eggs or meat might make it to the grocery store\u2014and the model also predicts that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that did happen, 98 percent of infected eggs could be recalled immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158131\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"b0967d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b0967d;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-158131 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_1378050179-560x315.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_1378050179-560x315.webp 560w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_1378050179-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_1378050179-jpg.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography via Shutterstock\/nastya_ph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><b>But what about milk?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent studies of about 300 commercially available dairy products revealed inactive HPAI in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/alerts-advisories-safety-information\/updates-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one in five samples<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That number seems like a lot on the surface, but there\u2019s one key element: pasteurization. There is increasing evidence that the pasteurization process <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/05\/01\/bird-flu-pasteurization-inactivates-h5n1-in-milk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">neutralizes the virus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making pasteurized dairy products safe to consume.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 297 samples tested by the USDA, there was no instance of a live, viable virus in any pasteurized product.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bird-flu\/situation-summary\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-dominant-color=\"238d93\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #238d93;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158209 size-full has-transparency\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bird-Flu-LM-2.png\" alt=\"Learn more: Stay up to date with latest information and the Centre for Disease Control\u2019s response to the Avian Flu outbreak.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bird-Flu-LM-2.png 1280w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bird-Flu-LM-2-560x99.png 560w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bird-Flu-LM-2-1200x212.png 1200w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bird-Flu-LM-2-768x136.png 768w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bird-Flu-LM-2-1920x339.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b>Is beef ok?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with poultry and eggs, it\u2019s highly unlikely that infected beef would <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ground-beef-tests-negative-for-bird-flu-usda-says\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make it to store shelves<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the first place. However, if it does, experts also agree that properly cooked beef carries very little risk of transmitting the virus to humans. Cooking your meat to an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit (74 degrees Celsius) will neutralize avian flu, E Coli and any other bacteria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158132\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-dominant-color=\"948c81\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #948c81;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-158132 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_2156680385-479x346.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_2156680385-479x346.webp 479w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_2156680385-768x554.webp 768w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock_2156680385-jpg.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography via Shutterstock\/Oxana A<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><b>So, what do I need to know?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main thing to ensure when shopping for or preparing food is that you\u2019re following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/food-safety\/safe-food-handling-and-preparation#:~:text=Cook%2C%20clean%2C%20chill%2C%20and,or%20cooking%20your%20favorite%20proteins.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">safe food guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Consuming raw eggs (looking at you, cookie dough) or unpasteurized dairy products could increase your risk of not just HPAI but salmonella, E Coli, listeria or other food-borne illnesses. Raw ground beef can also be a transmitter of those illnesses, so store beef at 40 degrees F or below, and use it within a few days. It\u2019s also best to cook ground beef to an internal temperature of at least 160 degrees F.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are someone who regularly comes in contact with farms, be they poultry or cattle, following a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2023\/12\/bird-flu-is-spiking-again-heres-what-producers-and-industry-are-doing-about-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strict biosecurity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plan will help reduce the risk of transmitting infections. That means tightening visitor access to your farm, wearing clean boots and clothes and removing or controlling any standing water. In the meantime, officials are looking at several solutions to mitigate these outbreaks, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2023\/03\/us-explores-vaccinating-chickens-in-response-to-avian-flu-outbreak\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new vaccines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This current strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, more commonly known as bird flu) is causing problems. It\u2019s been detected in nearly 97 million birds in commercial or backyard flocks, with another 9,500 wild birds confirmed infected. 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