FDA to Study Food Safety Impact of AI

FDA will maintain a list of foods at risk of contamination.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration plans to study the possibility of avian influenza contamination in prepared foods, animal feed and poultry if the disease enters the United States. FDA will create and maintain a list of foods and dietary supplements that could be at risk of contamination because they contain poultry meat, are derived from animals that may have been exposed to sick birds or have come into contact with infected humans.

"We know the effect that avian influenza has had on the public perception of food in Europe, where there have been outbreaks," said Boris Lushniak, FDA Assistant Commissioner. "We want food and food safety issues to be answered, in case we were to have avian influenza in this country."

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FDA to Study Food Safety Impact of AI

FDA will maintain a list of foods at risk of contamination.