The Conservative MP who represents the riding where a B.C. ostrich farm faces a cull order after avian flu was detected late last year says Canada’s ministers of agriculture and health should intervene.
Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) should allow updated testing of the surviving flock in hopes of sparing the birds.
Anderson said he visited Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., on Sept. 27, where the CFIA has taken charge of the ostrich flock, but did not receive the clarification he sought on animal testing and public health risks. The farm’s 399 ostriches are subject to a CFIA cull order, but the order is currently paused by a Supreme Court stay that was issued on Sept. 24….