In Canada, the Nova Scotia bird flu outbreak prompts some poultry trade restrictions

Published Feb 10, 2022

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Canada's food safety agency has reported a case of avian influenza, specifically the high pathogenic H5N1 strain, in a commercial poultry flock in Nova Scotia to the World Organization for Animal Health. This has led to trade restrictions on Canadian poultry products from several countries including South Korea, the Philippines, the United States, the European Union, Taiwan, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, and Russia. The outbreak has resulted in Canada's animal health status being marked as not free from avian influenza, affecting food-producing and pet birds.

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Canada's food safety watchdog says the discovery of avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in Nova Scotia has resulted in international trade restrictions on some Canadian poultry products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the outbreak of high pathogenic H5N1 was reported last week to the World Organization for Animal Health. The agency says in a news release on Wednesday that the detection has resulted in Canada's animal health status being changed to say it is not free from avian influenza. South Korea and the Philippines have imposed restrictions on poultry products from all of Canada including live poultry, poultry meat and edible eggs. The United States, European Union, Taiwan, Mexico, Japan and Hong Kong have imposed restrictions on some products from Nova Scotia, or from the specific area of the province affected by the bird flu outbreak. Russia has imposed restrictions on poultry from both Nova Scotia and on Newfoundland and Labrador, where bird flu was also ...

Source: Nationalobserver