U.S. bans Canadian poultry
Ripcat @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:43 pm
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- The United States has banned poultry from mainland British Columbia because of bird flu, but Canadian officials say the virus is not the virulent strain in Southeast Asia and that has been blamed for more than 60 human deaths.
The interim ban was announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Canada's chief veterinary officer Dr. Brian Evans said he received a letter from American officials saying they were restricting imports of poultry products from the British Columbia mainland until they get a full assessment of the situation in the three-mile (five-kilometer) area around the farm affected by avian flu.
The interim ban was announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Canada's chief veterinary officer Dr. Brian Evans said he received a letter from American officials saying they were restricting imports of poultry products from the British Columbia mainland until they get a full assessment of the situation in the three-mile (five-kilometer) area around the farm affected by avian flu.
DrCaleb @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:11 pm
I wonder if they're going to stop migrating geese at the border too.
dgthe3 @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:37 pm
Man, talk about over-reaction! first, thousands of birds were destroyed because 1 was know to have the virus, which is not harmful to humans. And now the US has banned BC poultry? It just makes no sense. Odds are Americans were more likely to get ill via food poisoning than from bird flu 
PJB @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:27 pm
Perhaps the wild bird that transfered the virus to the farm bird came from the states.
StaceyRae @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:29 pm
Hah.. soon they will have radars in the air that block anything on canadian land from entering the USA.. guhh.. when will it stop!!
Ripcat @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:35 pm
PJB PJB:
Perhaps the wild bird that transfered the virus to the farm bird came from the states.
If it didn't then it's probably there now sunning itself in Texas.
Blue_Nose @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:43 pm
Does this mean chicken's going to go on sale next week at the grocery store?
StaceyRae @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:55 pm
YAY a chicken sale would be the best thing ever!!
altho the grocery store in my town got blown over and came crashing down 
..so i have no chicken in my town. perhaps i could migrate to the next town to take advantage of the chicken sale
Elvis @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:00 pm
What a bunch of hypocrite yeah right our turkey is bad for there buisne$$ that's more the reality of thing. Those American have absolutely no credibility!
dgthe3 @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:00 pm
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Does this mean chicken's going to go on sale next week at the grocery store
Hmm, good point, 'cause i like chicken. It'll depend on location though. BC maybe, not sure about the rest of the country. I know there is alot of chicken out in my hometown. But if the US goes and closes the border completely ... cheap bird-meat for everyone!
Thematic-Device @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:16 pm
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
I wonder if they're going to stop migrating geese at the border too.
We are, but thats because they muck up the lobbyists golf courses. =)
Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:
Does this mean chicken's going to go on sale next week at the grocery store?
Sounds as a good reason for a BBQ as I've ever heard.... It'll be a canadian Thanksgiving v2.0
Elvis @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:18 pm
Hey I intend to BBQ something for Christmas My neibor will think I'm a freak!
A-S @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:26 pm
We should tell 'em our power and water are infected, but our softwood lumber is good to go! The whitehouse monkey would def' buy that one!
StaceyRae @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:31 pm
ooh.. and tell them our oil is contaminated in some way
Arctic_Menace @ Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:33 pm
Funny how this comes so close to America's thanksgiving. My guess is they want their citizens to buy "all american" so that the American government can get more money to help with their struggling economy.(Ours isn't exactly great either.)