ST. JOHNS, Mich. (WLNS)—Pasteurization is the process in which certain food items are treated with mild heat to get rid of toxins, harmful bacteria, and helps extend shelf-life on certain items. “The ...

A pasteurization approach widely used in the dairy industry proved to be effective at killing bird flu in milk after all, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday, after an earlier federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shoppers in a Montebello, Calif., grocery store on Aug. 23, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Recent reports that the ...

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 ...

As bird flu continues to spread among U.S. dairy cows, reassuring new government research finds the pasteurization process widely used in the industry effectively kills all bird flu virus in milk.

Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. He covers federal public health agencies. A "small but detectable quantity" of infectious H5N1 bird flu virus was ...

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 ...

What pasteurization really does to milk To make sense of the debate, you need a clear picture of what pasteurization is and what it is not. At its core, it is simply the process of applying controlled ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Cooling and pasteurization are critical aspects of milk quality and safety, and because of strict sanitary control points from farm to table, milk is rarely in the news as a food ...

WILLCOX, Ariz. - Tirrito Farms LLC is recalling gallon and half gallon bottles of whole milk due to insufficient pasteurization. The Arizona Department of Agriculture alerted Tirrito Farms about the ...

In late November 2024, however, California regulators recalled two batches of raw, unpasteurized milk from a Fresno dairy farm after bird flu virus was detected in the milk. The dairy subsequently ...