USDA to test ground beef samples for H5N1 traces as more poultry outbreaks reported
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612- 625-5000 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said yesterday that it will test ground beef samples from retail stores in states that have reported H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in dairy herds. In other H5N1 developments, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported more poultry outbreaks in two states: Michigan and Idaho. The USDA will use PCR tests to test the ground beef, according to Reuters, which cited a media statement