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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that traces of the bird flu virus have been found in 1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk, providing a more detailed picture of how much of the milk supply has been affected.

About one in five samples of commercially sold pasteurized milk contained traces of the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The Food and Drug Administration disclosed on Thursday that roughly 20% of examples of pasteurized milk contain traces of the bird flu virus, allowing a definite understanding of the degree of its presence in the milk supply.

Recent testing has revealed H5N1 outbreaks are more widespread then previously thought yet we aren't testing enough

The risk of contracting bird flu is low for most Americans, experts say

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday issued a federal order that any dairy cows being transported from one farm to another across state lines should be tested for bird flu.

The remnants of the bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk are not the same as the infectious virus and currently do not pose any elevated risk, the FDA said in an update.

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that fragments of the bird flu virus had been detected in some samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S.

Particles of bird flu were detected in some samples of pasteurized milk, though the virus in that form is not a threat to humans, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday. As a bird flu epidemic spreads through avian and cattle livestock across the country, the FDA increased testing of domestic milk supplies. Some…

Inactive fragments of the bird flu virus that has sickened dairy herds in eight states have been detected in pasteurized milk, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.