The discovery of bird flu virus particles in the commercial milk supply has reignited public interest in the century-long debate over pasteurizing milk. Sales of raw milk, or milk that has not ...

Remember the days when you didn’t know what raw milk was (and didn’t need to)? Well, those are over: raw—or unpasteurized—milk has been in the news for months. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect ...

A carton of pasteurized eggs close to the camera. - Scott Olson/Getty Images Pasteurization is a process that is used to kill any potentially harmful bacteria that a food or beverage may be harboring.

Fragments of the virus that causes bird flu have been found in samples of pasteurized milk, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday, but officials aren't concerned about danger to humans from ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), together with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), recently announced that the FDA-approved commercial milk pasteurization process effectively ...

Extensive testing of pasteurized commercially purchased milk and other dairy products from 38 states has found no evidence of live H5N1 bird flu virus, Food and Drug Administration officials said at a ...

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Raw, unpasteurized milk is increasingly popular but new research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggests pasteurized milk is much safer, especially against germs like avian flu, or ...

Concerns about bird flu in dairy herds and a steady drumbeat of raw milk outbreaks have pushed pasteurization back into family conversations that usually focus on grocery budgets and picky eaters. You ...

Traces of bird flu have been detected in pasteurized milk — leaving many people wondering if it’s safe to drink. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a notice on Thursday stating that ...

WASHINGTON — Testing conducted by the Food and Drug Administration on pasteurized commercially purchased milk has found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency confirmed Tuesday. But ...