Page 46 2024 Fall Farm Outlook Lincoln Daily News Oct 2024 through the mouth, nose or eyes. Wear eye protection, a face mask and gloves to help keep the virus out if you're in an area where it might be present. • Wash your hands with soap and water. This is especially important after touching animals or surfaces that may be dirty with animal mucus, saliva or stool. Getting bird flu from food is rare. But it's a good idea to follow safe food handling recommendations. • Avoid spreading germs in the kitchen. Use hot, soapy water to wash all surfaces that have come into contact with raw poultry, meat, seafood or eggs. • Cook food fully. Cook chicken until it reaches an internal minimum temperature of 165 F (74 C). Cook eggs until the white yolk and are firm. Egg dishes, such as quiche, should reach 160 F (71 C). Cook beef to 145 F (63 C) and let it rest for 3 minutes. Cook ground beef to 160 F (71 C). • Avoid raw dairy products. Dairy milk that is heated to kill germs is called pasteurized. In the U.S., dairy milk and foods made with it say on the Nutrition Facts label if the milk is pasteurized. Raw milk isn't pasteurized, so it is more likely to make you sick. https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/index.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseasesconditions/bird-flu/symptoms-causes/syc20568390 [JA Hodgdon-Ruppel]
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