U.S. billionaire John Catsimatidis is urging the Supreme Court of Canada to allow U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) testing on a flock of ostriches subject to a cull order by Canadian officials since last December.
The cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is currently stayed following a Supreme Court decision issued Sept. 24, which prevents the CFIA from enforcing its “stamping-out policy” on the flock of 399 birds at Universal Ostrich Farms while the court goes through the process to consider the farm’s request to appeal the order.
“Let the FDA test the birds. I mean, I don’t know what the problem is,” Catsimatidis said during an Oct. 2 virtual press conference where he was joined by farm spokesperson Katie Pasitney….