Can You Get Bird Flu From Eggs and Milk? Everything to Know About Avian Influenza

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are understandably concerned. So much so that Google searches for “can you get bird flu from eggs and milk?” have spiked since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shared an update regarding avian influenza.If you're not yet caught up, the FDA on the bird flu—or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)—on April 25, revealing that one in five of retail samples, which means approximately 20% of of milk samples available at places like grocery stores, have tested positive for HPAI “viral fragments.”Seeing as we're barely out of the woods of our , this information can seem quite troubling, to say the least.

However, despite what some sensationalist headlines and news outlets might claim, the FDA clarified that those positive results "do not necessarily represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers.”What's more, both the FDA and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) assert that retail dairy does not currently pose a risk, writing: “Based on the information we currently have, our commercial milk supply is safe because of both the pasteurization process and that milk from sick cows is being diverted or destroyed."Still, it's understandable if you're concerned about the and eggs.

To help shed some light on the situation, Glamour asked a virologist and bird veterinarian all of our avian influenza FAQs, like: Can you get bird flu from eggs and milk?