OTTAWA – Food safety officials have euthanized 14,000 ducks at a farm in Ontario’s Niagara region where bird flu was detected last week.
And the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has established a quarantine zone around the farm near St. Catharines.
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The quarantine covers a three kilometre radius.
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The agency says bird flu has not been detected in any other farms in the quarantine zone, but officials are monitoring for any possible spread.
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Avian flu doesn’t pose a risk to food safety when poultry products are properly cooked.
And it rarely poses a risk to people who don’t have constant contact with infected birds.
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