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They also note that cooking foods properly and pasteurizing dairy products inactivates the virus.

They also say that the nation’s milk and dairy supply is safe for consumption; pasteurization inactivates the virus.

Health officials say pasteurization inactivates the virus so there is no cause for concern for consumers of pasteurized milk or dairy products.

Contaminated milk is not permitted to be sold and pasteurization inactivates the virus, “so there is no cause for concern for consumers from” pasteurized milk or dairy items.

The other main form of polio vaccine is given by injection and contains inactivated polio virus.