Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by addicted 465 days ago
Cottage cheese is a terrible idea with bird flu floating around in dairy, complete chaos in the systems that are supposed to inspect these supply chains, and voluntary testing requirements that meant even when the inspection systems were not chaotic they were way behind the 8 ball.

And for obvious reasons, bird flu infecting mammals is likely to be a greater risk to humans than that present in birds.
2 comments
bsder 464 days ago
> Cottage cheese is a terrible idea with bird flu floating around in dairy

Almost all dairy in any normal supermarket has been pasteurized. I would say "all" but I'm sure there is at least a single exception somewhere even if I can't find it.

Raw milk products at your "natural" farmer's market on the other hand ...

link
smcin 464 days ago
That's ridiculous. Cottage cheese is typically pasteurized, therefore safe.

(We're not talking about cottage cheese from raw cow's milk).

Cottage cheese is a fine idea, hysteria about bird flu is overdone, cottage cheese is healthier than processed meat, in the US. Remember Chipotle's multiple meat handling scandals that sickened 1100? You can't point to similar for cottage cheese.

link