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CHANGES TO COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN BIRDS DESTROYED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (AVIAN INFLUENZA) REGULATIONS

Ottawa, May 4, 2005 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has amended the Compensation for Certain Birds Destroyed in British Columbia (Avian Influenza) Regulations to add female duck breeders, duck layers and female goose breeders to the compensation schedule. The amendment was published today in the Canada Gazette, Part II, and is effective immediately.

The Compensation for Certain Birds Destroyed in British Columbia (Avian Influenza) Regulations were put in place in June 2004, to establish a formula for determining compensation for certain birds for which there is no readily available market, specifically female chicken broiler breeders and chicken table-egg layers. After consultations with affected stakeholders, it was determined that there were other types of commercial poultry, namely layer and breeder ducks and geese, that were ordered depopulated and that had no readily available market. This amendment will provide a formula to allow for compensation of producers whose female duck breeders, duck table-egg layers and female goose breeders were ordered destroyed in the affected area.

This regulation is in recognition that certain birds do not have a readily-available established market value. It is specific to producers of female duck breeders, duck layers and female goose breeders.

Compensation is intended to encourage owners to report diseases and to actively participate in eradication efforts, not to provide full replacement value. Early reporting of these diseases is essential to minimizing their spread and the potential impacts on human and animal health and the economic viability of Canada’s livestock sectors.

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Copies of the regulations can be viewed or downloaded at:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/index-e.html (see Part II: Official Regulations) or
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml (see Acts and Regulations)

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