Canadian Food Inspection Service says there is suspicious area in the periphery A local farm is being tested for possible bird flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the samples are currently being tested at the National Center for Animal Diseases. “There is a large suspicious facility in the North Okanagan Regional District,” the CFIA said in an email to the Morning Star. “If a laboratory confirms an avian influenza virus that can be reported, the CFIA will inform the public through its website.” About 260,000 birds have been euthanized or killed by the virus in Canada, most of them in Alberta. – with files from the Canadian Press READ MORE: The Food Industry Adapts to the Great Outbreak of Avian Influenza in Canada, Worldwide READ MORE: bird flu season
