Newly uncovered documents reveal the CFIA and industry were caught unprepared for the avian flu outbreak, which overwhelmed the agency’s resources and forced it to rely on third-party contractors who sometimes broke bio-security rules meant to keep the virus in check.
The government recently announced an “investment” of $300,000 to continue studying the link between wild waterfowl and the avian influenza outbreak in the Fraser Valley….
Birds at a turkey farm in Ontario have tested positive for Avian Influenza. The farm, near Woodstock, was tested after it experienced higher than average…
Last week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that two factory farms in B.C.’s Fraser Valley tested positive for avian influenza. Testing found the virus at a turkey farm in Abbotsford and a broiler chicken breeding facility in Chilliwack. Following the announcement, three more Fraser Valley farms were subsequently quarantined. More than 140,000 birds are set to be euthanized as a result. This isn’t the first bird flu outbreak found in…
