By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday February 10, 2022

Feb 10, 2022 | 10:47 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said the discovery of avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in Nova Scotia has resulted in international trade restrictions on some Canadian products.

The outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 was reported last week to the World Organization for Animal Health.

CFIA said on Wednesday the detection resulted in Canada’s animal health status being changed to say it is not free from avian influenza.

South Korea and the Philippines have imposed restrictions on poultry products from all of Canada including live poultry, poultry meat and edible eggs.

The United States, European Union, Taiwan, Mexico, Japan, and Hong Kong have imposed restrictions on some products from Nova Scotia, or from the specific area of the province affected by the bird flu outbreak.

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Russia imposed restrictions on poultry from both Nova Scotia and on Newfoundland and Labrador, where bird flu was also detected in January and December.

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The country’s agriculture minister said the disruption to trade due to the United States’ concerns over potato wart has touched the lives of multi-generational family farms, packers, processors, and shippers.

In a statement, Marie-Claude Bibeau said this should have been a great year for PEI with a bumper crop and favourable market conditions.

Bibeau said while restored trade with Puerto Rico will bring relief to some farmers, the border remains closed to many. She said discussions continue with the U.S. to further restore trade for PEI potatoes but it has come to the point where some of the surplus potatoes are starting to be destroyed.

The recently announced Surplus Potato Management Response plan is diverting as many potatoes as possible to food banks, dehydration plants, processors, and other markets to minimize the number of surplus potatoes that must be destroyed. Bibeau said producers will receive up to 8.5 cents a pound to assist with the costs of destruction of potatoes in an environmentally sound manner.

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