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

Commercial milk is normally pasteurized at 165 for 15 seconds. The milk you get in the cooler is High temp shot time pasteurized (HTST). It’s not normal pasteurization which is 145 for 30 minutes.