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Frank is Fed Up with the Feds Falsehoods
Edgewood, BC – June 5, 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
Facilities and Industry
Disinformation #4: Further, the current physical facilities at their location are not suitable for controlled research activities or trials.
Response: We are part of collaborative research (Struthio Biosciences and Universal Ostrich Farm) that involves antigens and the collection of eggs on the farm, with the second part of the research occurring in an accredited university-based research facility in Japan. We are a real farm setting with exposure to all variables whereas controlled research activities are being conducted at the Japanese university.
As for the claim that the farm’s facilities are “not suitable” for research — that is a subjective opinion, not a regulatory ruling, and contradicts the fact that research was already underway in collaboration with a University and private sector experts. The farm isn’t asking to run a Level 3 bio lab. It is a living herd being observed for natural immunity, not manipulated in a clinical trial. The CFIA’s dismissal appears motivated not by scientific standards, but by bureaucratic control. CFIA seems to discredit research when it refused to review it.
Disinformation #5: Industry has been highly supportive of the CFIA in its response to HPAI, working collaboratively to implement control measures and protect animal health.
Response: The CFIA is referring to large-scale, export-driven poultry industry players, and not independent regenerative farms. Universal Ostrich Farm (UOF) is not part of this protected club, nor are many of the other independent farmers, who have already had their flocks culled (one or more times) or lost their entire farms. This is not health regulation; it is alike to an enforcement syndicate disguised as biosecurity. The mass culling of animals is part of a compensation network for large players to benefit. Who are these large players? Big corporations, including egg producers and hatcheries, and guaranteed new contracts with vendors for repopulation. Who pays for this? You, the taxpayer, and the independent regenerative farmer through compensation programs. Often, replacing traditional organic outputs and processes with genetically modified (GMO) technology, animals and crops.
Reference: Poultry Industry Council, 2025: https://www.poultryindustrycouncil.ca/our-members
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?
Let’s get the truth out. Tune in regularly for Frankly Speaking episodes in the CFIA Disinformation press series.
Media Contact:
Katie Pasitney
Spokesperson, Eldest Daughter, Universal Ostrich Farm
1-250-870-8246
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