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JOY Drive

22 Jun 2024

Bird Flu Outbreak – Are eggs and other farm products safe to eat?

Diet and Nutrition, Environment, Health, News & Politics, Science & Medicine

Bird Flu Outbreak – Are eggs and other farm products safe to eat?

Coles has implemented purchasing limits on eggs after hundreds of thousands of chickens have been euthanized, and quarantine zones have been set up around five farms near Meredith and Terang in Victoria as a result of the nation’s largest outbreak of bird flu.

Can the virus that causes bird flu transfer from farm animals to eggs or other farm products, thereby putting our health at risk?

Guest: Enzo Palombo, Professor of Microbiology, Swinburne University of Technology

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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