The most recent strain of bird flu, H5N1, has been found in humans, most of whom are farm workers. This raises concerns about the potential danger of eating infected poultry or eggs.

With more than 130 million birds and nearly 1,000 dairy herds affected by bird flu, you may be wondering if eating poultry, dairy and eggs is safe. Here's what we know about its risk to our food.

(Chicken egg consumption is relatively much newer, likely originating around 3,000 years ago in Tuscany.) We eat eggs from geese, quail, emus, guineafowl, pheasants, and peahens (which can cost ...