how is it safe to drink pasteurized milk when avian flu virus is viable to 165 degrees Fahrenheit and milk is only pasteurized at 145 degrees?

Question

Concerns about possible transmission to people drinking unpasteurized milk are being talked about a lot. Apparently they fed mice unpasteurized milk, and they got the virus, but it seems like the temperature required to kill. The virus is higher than what they used to sterilize the milk. How is this safe?

In: Biology

Answer 1

All milk is not pasteurized to 145 degrees, some milk is pasteurized at much temperatures. UHT pasteurizing is done at about 285 degrees (with a pretty short hold time)
Source: I work with milk