On April 29, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is now testing ground beef for any presence of the H5N1 virus that continues to spread among dairy cows.
USDA testing beef for H5N1 amid current outbreak in dairy cows retrieved 1 May 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-05-usda-beef-h5n1-current-outbreak.html
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