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B.C. ostrich farm facing $20,000 fine over failure to quarantine, cull birds: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says that an ostrich farm is facing a $20,000 fine over failure to quarantine and ...
Union president raises safety concerns for its CFIA members tasked with B.C. ostrich cull
The union representing Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) workers tasked with carrying out a cull at a B.C. ostrich farm ...
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Union says CFIA staff facing intimidation and threats over planned B.C. ostrich cull
The agency had earlier confirmed in an email that MacKinnon had a call on May 22 with the commissioner of the U.S. Food and ...
The Canadian Press on MSN7d
CFIA fines B.C. ostrich farm and says cull will occur, rejecting U.S. intervention
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has fined a British Columbia ostrich farm $20,000 for failing to co-operate with ...
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CFIA says B.C. ostrich cull will go ahead despite regional district refusing to accept the carcasses
The owners of Universal Ostrich Farm had been fighting the cull order in court but a federal judge recently ruled that the CFIA can proceed. Katie Pasitney, spokesperson for the farm owned by her ...
Grand Forks Gazette4d
Edgewood ostrich farm calls for tests, not CFIA cull
The Edgewood farm has been ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to cull the entire flock of birds after it ...
Sylvan Lake News10d
B.C. ostrich cull appealed again, CFIA stands by order despite U.S. call for halt
The farm has been fighting the order since, challenging the decision in federal court in April, which was turned down May 13.
The Vancouver Sun7d
Ostriches at B.C. farm have version of avian flu not seen elsewhere in Canada: CFIA
The type of avian flu infection present at a B.C. ostrich farm where a cull is planned is a mutation not seen elsewhere in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday. It said the ...