Egg prices have seen a steady increase over the past few years but price spikes have never been this extraordinary until recently. One Twitter user posted that cartons of 18 eggs (not organic or pasture-raised) cost $10 and have anti-theft alarms attached to them. While inflation and supply chain issues play a role in this, the…
Flu Experts Gather With H5N1 Risk on the Agenda
LONDON—The world’s leading experts on influenza met this week to discuss the threat posed to humans by a strain of H5N1 avian flu that has caused record numbers of bird deaths around the world in recent months. The group of scientists, regulators and vaccine manufacturers meets twice a year to decide which strain of seasonal…
British Columbians Asked to Take Down Bird Feeders as Avian Flu Hits More Poultry Flocks
As two more poultry flocks in British Columbia tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus on May 4, an animal welfare group is calling on the public to temporarily remove their backyard bird feeders. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said the two flocks in the cities of Kelowna and Richmond were the third and…
Canada Faces Some Trade Restrictions on Poultry Due to Bird Flu Found in Nova Scotia
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. The agency says…
New Dutch H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak Will See 190,000 Chickens Culled
AMSTERDAM—Around 190,000 chickens on two neighbouring farms in the east of the Netherlands will be culled after the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus was detected on one of the farms, Dutch health authorities said on Tuesday night. It is the second bird flu outbreak reported in the Netherlands this week, after a similar discovery…
Bird Flu Outbreak Confirmed in Scotland
Scotland reported a highly pathogenic bird flu in a free-range flock of hens near Gretna, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries, and Galloway, which prompted the government to impose restrictions at the commercial premises where the influenza was detected. In a statement on Dec. 3, the Scottish government said the remaining birds at the premises would be “humanely culled”…
Bird Flu Spreading in Europe and Asia, Humans Found Infected As Well
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has received multiple reports from countries in Asia and Europe regarding a recent spread of bird flu, giving rise to concerns that the virus may be spreading again. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a viral disease that affects both domestic and wild birds. The virus has also…
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