February 10, 2022

Canada confirms bird flu in Nova Scotia province

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed a case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza at a commercial poultry farm at Nova Scotia province, the Toronto Sun reported.

The food safety watchdog said South Korea and the Philippines have banned imports of live poultry, poultry meat and edible eggs from all of Canada.

The US, European Union, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, and Mexico have implemented trade restrictions on some products from Nova Scotia, or on the specific location where the bird flu outbreak was detected.

Russia has banned poultry imports from Nova Scotia and in Newfoundland and Labrador province, where bird flu was confirmed in December 2021 and January this year.

-      Toronto Sun