US Restricts Poultry Imports From Australian State Following Bird Flu Outbreak

This follows the bird flu being discovered on two Victorian properties.

A test tube labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs in a picture illustration on Jan. 14, 2023. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

The United States has restricted import of poultry, birds, and unprocessed avian products amid bird flu outbreaks in Victoria.

This comes after bird flu was detected at two separate farms in regional Victoria, leading to hundreds of thousands of birds being euthanised.