Food safety officials say they are testing beef, including ground beef from grocery stores, for the presence of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s spreading in dairy cattle.
“USDA is confident that the meat supply is safe. USDA has a rigorous meat inspection process” and “multiple safeguards in place to protect consumers,” the agency said in a statement sent to media outlets on Monday.
“We recommend consumers properly handle raw meats and cook toa safe internal temperature,” which kills bacteria and viruses in meat, the agency added.
Can you get avian flue from handling or consuming raw meat
“USDA is confident that the meat supply is safe. USDA has a rigorous meat inspection process” and “multiple safeguards in place to protect consumers,” the agency said in a statement sent to media outlets on Monday. “We recommend consumers properly handle raw meats and cook to a safe internal temperature,” which kills bacteria and viruses in meat, the agency added.Can you get avian flue from handling or consuming raw meat
You should pretty much never consume raw meat and you can handle meat with gloves and wash your hands afterward and you would probably be safe.
Of course, you could just not eat meat.
I didn’t bother mentioning that I’m vegetarian because that’s irrelevant to questions of public health
I can’t get it from meat but my neighbors can
And I was using the general ‘you.’
Also can sous vide the meat which will pasteurize the meat without drying it out.
That doesn’t answer the question
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/bird-flu-beef-chicken-safe#Takeaway
They keep saying the risk is low which sounds to me like you CAN get it from tainted meat