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Bird flu is spreading. Are supermarket eggs and milk safe?

In early December, Sonoma County, California, declared an agricultural disaster when two poultry farms had to euthanize their entire flocks in an attempt to prevent the spread of “highly pathogenic avian influenza” – or bird flu. This particular strain of bird flu, H5N1, was first reported in the United States in early 2022, when horror stories about birds began to make headlines: two zoos reported bird flu among their flocks, prompting zoos in all parts of the country to remove their birds.

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