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CFIA Disinformation #9 – Stamping-Out Policy
Edgewood, BC – June 11, 2025
Disinformation Response to two CFIA Statements (May 31, 2025):
- Update on the CFIA’s actions at an HPAI infected premises at a BC ostrich farm
- CFIA’s basis for applying disease control measures at an avian influenza infected ostrich farm
Disinformation #9: Stamping-out policy is the internationally recognized standard.
Response: The stamping-out policy arose from trade-oriented models (e.g., maintaining export markets), not as a measure to promote natural immunity in flocks. ‘Internationally recognized’ in this context means harmonized regulatory alignment, driven by global agendas under the guise of trade and economic factors, rather than proven scientific superiority. The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) recognizes the stamping-out policy as the fastest mechanism to permit regain of status as high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) “disease-free” after an outbreak in commercial poultry operations. However, disease-free status in a zone can be restored following a year’s period of no further incidence of HPAI infections.
Is the stamping-out policy working? As of June 3, 2025, the CFIA website 1 shows that there have been 538 (231 in BC alone) in BC infected premises across Canada resulting in the mass culling of an estimated 14,566,000 birds in the past 3.5 years (December 2021 to June 3, 2025) (Inspection Canada). These 538 premises (which includes both HPIA and LPAI combined) are being culled due to the stamping out policy.
Additionally, according to the CFIA, depopulation of affected flocks is typically completed within 48 to 72 hours following initial detection of avian influenza. However, during this rapid response, the important classification of the virus as either high pathogenicity (HPAI) or low pathogenicity (LPAI) is often not yet determined. The PCR genetic test that is used to detect HPAI is based solely on the presence of the H5 or H7 genes of the influenza virus strain, and performed at a very high thermal cycle number, which is associated with a 90% or great false-positive rate. Moreover, there are many LPAI strains that have H5, but not the N1 gene that has been linked with higher pathogenicity. This distinction is vital, as LPAI strains do not necessarily warrant depopulation under WOAH or CFIA guidelines.
The crucial determination of the avian influenza virus strain is not made at the local CFIA laboratories, which are self-regulated and limited in scope, but solely at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD) in Winnipeg. As a result, full genetic sequencing and CFIA’s own official confirmation of HPAI status are almost always obtained only after thousands of animals at the affected premises have already been killed. This raises serious concerns about the irreversibility of depopulation decisions made on incomplete data and the lack of appropriate safeguards or time for confirmatory diagnostics before irreversible actions are taken.
Canada’s stamping-out policy, in place since 2004, presently requires a 28-day period without any further avian influenza cases for a zone with an infected farm to regain “free status.” Just a couple of years ago, a longer 3-month period of no further outbreaks of avian influenza was required according to the WOAH guidelines for disease-free status.4 Thus, with more virulent strains of HPAI virus, the policy for disease-free status after imposition of stamping-out actually became more lax.
With 538 farms subjected to complete culling of their commercial flocks over 3.5 years and no national “free status” since 2023, the policy’s effectiveness is questionable. The persistent spread of HPAI in wild fowl further complicates achieving a 28-day outbreak-free period, making “free status” difficult to attain and hold.
In any event, without the HPAI “free status” it is evident that Canada has still been able to continue its trade in products from commercial poultry operations (see Exhibit “F” of Dr. Sawhney’s affidavit to see the increasing exported bird products to other countries, even with no “disease free” country status in the past 3.5 years).
CFIA’s website 3 states, “Avian influenza is not a food safety concern “
There is no evidence to suggest that eating cooked poultry or eggs could transmit the virus to humans.”
CFIA emphasizes that depopulation is an animal-health measure, not a food-safety measure, since heat-treatment in cooking destroys any virus.
References:
1. Investigations and orders of avian influenza in domestic birds by province. https://inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-health/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/avian-influenza/latest-bird-flu-situation/investigations-and-orders#dataset-filter
2. RFK Jr. – Most of our scientists are against the (H5N1 bird flu) culling operation. https://www.globalresearch.ca/rfk-jr-most-of-our-scientists-are-against-the-h5n1-bird-flu-culling-operation/5881958
3. Total Infected Premises and Estimated Number of Birds Impacted
4. Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Chapter 10.4. Infection with Avian Influenza Viruses. Article 10.4.4.
We never thought we would have to speak out like this, but after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published their May 30 (and now updated on May 31) media releases, we have no choice. What they released to the public is not science. It is by definition disinformation. Disinformation is “false information deliberately created and disseminated with the intent to mislead, manipulate, or cause harm.” Is this CFIA media release a narrative designed to justify the destruction of our farm, discredit our family, and protect a broken trade system?
Stay tuned… Let’s get the truth out. Tune in regularly for Frankly Speaking episodes in the CFIA Disinformation series.
Media Contact:
Katie Pasitney
Spokesperson, Eldest Daughter, Universal Ostrich Farm
1-250-870-8246
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