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Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 15, 2015

Poultry farmers in Ontario are being warned to keep biosecurity top of mind as wild birds get ready to fly south this fall. “With the fall weather quickly approaching, resulting in colder temperatures and wild bird migrations, the threat of re-emergence of (highly pathogenic avian influenza) is real,” the Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency […] Read more

McDonald’s announced Wednesday it will now source five per cent of the eggs used in its breakfast menu items, such as these breakfast burritos, from “cage-free” sources, en route to 100 per cent over the next 10 years. (McDonalds.ca)

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McDonald’s en route to ‘cage-free’ eggs in Canada, U.S.

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 9, 2015

Reuters/Staff –– McDonald’s Corp. said all eggs it uses in its 16,000 restaurants in Canada and the U.S. will, within the next 10 years, come from chickens not confined to cages. The decision to source “cage-free” eggs follows the company’s announcement in March that it would stop using chicken raised with certain kinds of antibiotics […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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CFIA clears more states for cross-border poultry traffic

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 3, 2015

Travellers entering Canada from the U.S. may now bring in uncooked poultry products, live poultry and eggs from seven of the 15 states that have had outbreaks of avian flu since December. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Tuesday confirmed it now considers the states of Washington, Idaho, California and Oregon free of highly […] Read more

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Canada lifts bans on three states’ poultry, eggs

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 31, 2015

Travellers entering Canada from the U.S. can now bring in uncooked poultry products and eggs from Indiana, Montana and/or Arkansas. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) during August declared each of those three states free of highly pathogenic (“high-path”) avian flu, following discoveries of infected poultry in those states this spring. Poultry from Indiana had […] Read more

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Japan lifts block on B.C. poultry

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 28, 2015

Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan’s farm ministry on Friday partially lifted a ban on imports of live poultry and poultry meat from Canada and the U.S. following an outbreak of bird flu. Imports from British Columbia and from eight U.S. states — Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Kansas, Arkansas, Montana and Indiana — will resume after […] Read more

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U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 25, 2015

Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday lifted restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario in the latest sign the farm sector is starting to recover from a severe outbreak of bird flu. USDA limited imports from Ontario in April after a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H5N2 avian flu was […] Read more

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USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

By GFM Network News August 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it has put out a request for proposals to help the nation’s veterinarians have access to bird flu vaccines for poultry this fall, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus. The agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) […] Read more

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Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 7, 2015

U.S. animal health officials have closed the books for now on avian influenza infections in 10 states, with five others remaining. In its latest report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last week, the U.S. federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said all control areas for avian flu have been released […] Read more

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Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 4, 2015

Movement of birds and bird products in, through and out of southwestern Ontario’s Oxford and Waterloo counties is no longer subject to federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Wednesday it has removed its second and final avian influenza control zone, which has been in place since April 21 and covered portions of both […] Read more

Anconas, a breed that originated in Italy, are among the birds being protected.
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‘Noah’s Ark’ rescue mission for endangered poultry

Rare breed hatchery sends chicks as far away as Brazil

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News July 20, 2015

Reuters — Less than 24 hours after a deadly infection of bird flu was confirmed at a turkey farm north of Des Moines, Iowa, Bud Wood packed about 3,500 rare baby chicks into boxes and put them in the back of a truck. With the delicate birds just hours old, the president of Murray McMurray […] Read more

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Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

McDonald’s en route to ‘cage-free’ eggs in Canada, U.S.

CFIA clears more states for cross-border poultry traffic

Canada lifts bans on three states’ poultry, eggs

Japan lifts block on B.C. poultry

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

‘Noah’s Ark’ rescue mission for endangered poultry

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