The FDA, USDA and CDC shared the latest updates on avian flu testing in retail dairy products.
Kelly McCarthy and Youri Benadjaoudfor the avian flu virus, including cottage cheese and sour cream, did not detect any viable virus that would represent a risk to consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
"Today we're announcing an additional set of results from our national study of 297 total retail dairy samples. The second group represents an additional 201 samples of pasteurized retail dairy products, including cottage cheese and sour cream in addition to fluid milk," Prater said. "These samples underwent acute qPCR testing, as well as the same egg inoculation test, and we're encouraged that this preliminary testing also did not detect any viable virus.
These additional preliminary results "further affirm the safety of the US commercial milk supply" as well as the efficacy of pasteurization in inactivating HPAI, the agency explained.
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