Canada Faces Some Trade Restrictions on Poultry Due to Bird Flu Found in Nova Scotia

Canada Faces Some Trade Restrictions on Poultry Due to Bird Flu Found in Nova Scotia
Chicken is pictured at a market on Granville Island is Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 23, 2015. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
The Canadian Press
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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.