(FIle Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this May 8, 2018, filephoto, a Jersey cow feeds in a field on the Francis Thicke organic dairy farm in Fairfield, Iowa. Burger King is announcing its work to help address a core industry challenge: the environmental impact of beef. To help tackle this environmental issue, the Burger King brand partnered with top scientists to develop and test a new diet for cows, which according to initial study results, on average reduces up to 33% of cows’ daily methane emissions. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News 

(Beaver County, PA) According to state regulators, officials announced that after testing samples of milk around the state, avian flu does not appear to be in the Pennsylvania dairy industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the word to state agriculture officials Thursday. However, officials say that avian flu has affected six flocks in Pennsylvania backyards and six flocks for commercial poultry in the state. Pennsylvania has no reported human cases at this time.