Bird Flu 2024 Milk Production. Additional testing of retail dairy products from across the country has turned up no signs of live bird flu virus, strengthening the consensus that pasteurization is protecting. The first human case of a(h5n1) bird flu linked to an outbreak in dairy cows in the united states was reported on april 1, 2024, in texas.
How bird flu caught the dairy industry off guard. Food and drug administration said tuesday, april 23, 2024, that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that.