“I wouldn’t feel comfortable cracking eggs open for my family right now,” says Matt de Gruyter, founder of the plant-based Next Level Burger, echoing a sentiment many feel as yet another puzzling zoonotic disease looms. It’s a concerning time for animal products. Harvard Belfer Center and chief biopreparedness officer at NYC Health + Hospitals Syra Madad told Food Network getting bird flu from eating eggs “remains low.” Still, the first H5N1 bird flu human death was recorded in January 2025, domestic cats are contracting the disease (including one who died from it in Oregon), and a new strain was found in dairy cattle this month.
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